"a client reporting increased thirst and increased urination arrives at the emergency department. the laboratory findings reveal deficiency of antidiuretic hormone (adh) and urine osmolarity of 80 mosm/kg. the primary healthcare provider prescribed intravenous (iv) fluid therapy. while assessing the patient receiving iv therapy, the nurse finds that the client continues to experience a fluid volume deficit. which is the likely reason for the client's condition
Diabetes insipidus is a disease that caused by decreases in antidiuretic hormone that produced by the hypothalamus. The antidiuretic hormone will be secreted when the body lacks water. It will decrease the urine production(antidiuretic) and increase thirst to replenish the water. Continous deficiency of antidiuretic hormone will cause the person to continuously create urine, make it diluted and the osmolarity becomes decreased. It will also cause continuous thirst.
