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A Patient Who Is Diagnosed with a Closed Head Injury

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A patient who is diagnosed with a closed head injury has a urine output of 6 to 8 L/day.Electrolytes are within normal limits,but his antidiuretic hormone (ADH)level is low.Although he has had no intake for 4 hours,no change in his polyuria level has occurred.These symptoms support a diagnosis of:
A) Neurogenic diabetes insipidus
B) Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
C) Psychogenic polydipsia
D) Osmotically induced diuresis

A patient who is diagnosed with a closed head injury has a urine output of 6 to 8 L/day.Electrolytes are within normal limits,but his antidiuretic hormone (ADH) level is low.Although he has had no intake for 4 hours,no change in his polyuria level has occurred.These symptoms support a diagnosis of:


A) Neurogenic diabetes insipidus
B) Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone
C) Psychogenic polydipsia
D) Osmotically induced diuresis

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