Open AccessOpen heart surgery in a patient with diabetes insipidus
Author(s) -
Alptekin Yasım,
Hafize Öksüz,
Mesut Özkaya
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1510/icvts.2008.181461
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes insipidus , diabetes mellitus , surgery , endocrinology
Diabetes insipidus is an unusual case in patients who underwent open heart surgery. In this article, we aimed to present our experience of performing an atrial septal defect operation in a patient with diabetes insipidus who drank 30 l of water and urinated almost the same per day.
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