PU/PD Flashcards
Polydipsia definition
- Drinking more than 100 mLs/kg/day (grey zone is 50-100 mgs/kg/day)
Polyuria definition
- producing more than 50 mLs/kg/day of urine
Where is antidiuretic hormone produced and released?
- Produced by the hypothalamus
- Released by the posterior pituitary
What two things control water balance in the body?
- Osmolarity of plasma
- Circulating volume
What happens with osmolarity is increased?
- Thirst is stimulated
- ADH is produced
ADH action
- Works on the collecting tubules and duct of the kidney to increase
- Stimulates formation of aquaporins to move water into the renal medullary interstitium
How much of water filtered by the kidneys is reabsorbed?
> 99%
Kidneys and water balance during state of dehydration
- Can produce urine 7-8x the osmolality of plasma
- Plasma is 300 mOsm/L
- Concentrated urine is >2000 mOsm/L
Hypersthenuria urine concentration in dogs and cats
- Dog: >1.030
- Cat: >1.035 (closer to >1.050)
Isosthenuria urine concentration
1.008-1.012
But definitely be considering it still if USG is <1.017
Hyposthenuria urine concentration
- <1.008
- A little bit of a gray zone but <1.008 usually
- Resorption of solute > water
Gray zone of being minimally concentrated
- 1.012-1.030
- 1.030 is more of a cat thing
- 1.020 is more of a dog thing
When is isothenuria appropriate?
- If the patient needs to excrete water
- Primary polydipsia
What type of urine should a dehydrated patient have?
- Concentrated urine
DfDx for PU/PD (I don’t think we need to memorize this…yet)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hyperadrenocorticism
- Hypoadrenocorticism
- Acromegaly
- Primary hyperaldosteronism
- Diabetes insipidus - central
- Diabetes insipidus - nephrogenic
- Pheochromocytoma
- Hypercalcemia
- Neoplastic (intestinal leiomyosarcoma)
- Pyometra
- E. coli infections (urinary, sepsis)
- Hepatic disease
- Fanconi’s Syndrome
- Renal disease
- Hyperviscosity syndrome
- Polycythemia
- Post-obstructive diuresis
- Pyelonephritis
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia
- Drugs (steroids, diuretics, anticonvulsants
- Psychogenic polydipsia
- Pain, heat, stress
- Hyperthermia
- Very low protein diets
Which diseases antagonize ADH to cause PU/PD?
- Cushing’s
- Primary Hyperaldosteronism
- Pheochromocytoma
- Hypercalcemia
- Neoplasia
- Pyometra/endotoxemia
- Hyperviscosity/endotoxemia
- Polycythemia
- Hypokalemia
Which diseases cause a loss of medullary gradient/osmotic diuresis to cause PU/PD?
- Diabetes mellitus
- Addison’s (losing so much sodium)
- Acromegaly
- Pyometra/endotoxemia
- Hepatic disease
- Fanconi’s
- Renal failure
- Post-obstructive diuresis
- Pyelonephritis
- Hyponatremia
- Low protein diet
Diseases with other or unclear causes of PU/PD
- Hyperthyroidism
- Psychogenic
- Pain, heat, stress
- Hyperthermia
Mechanism of PU/PD in Diabetes mellitus
- Glucose in urine causes osmotic diuresis leading to hypovolemia thus stimulating drinking
Mechanism of PU/PD in hyperthyroidism
- unclear
- Decrease medullary tonicity due to increased blood flow, psychogenic, concurrent renal insufficiency
Mechanism of PU/PD in Cushing’s
- glucocorticoids inhibit ADH release and renal response to ADH
Mechanism of PU/PD in Addison’s
- Mineralocorticoid deficiency causes chronic Na wasting, loss of medullary gradient
Mechanism of PU/PD in acromegaly
- Due to concurrent DM; glomerulonephropathy from Dr or excess GH
Mechanism of PU/PD in Primary hyperaldosteronism
- Unclear
- ADH resistance
- Hypokalemia
Mechanism of PU/PD in pheochromocytoma
- catecholamine induced inhibition of ADH release and renal ADH response
Mechanism of PU/PD in hypercalcemia
- Downregulation of aquaporin water channels and ADH inhibition
Mechanism of PU/PD in Neoplasia
- Paraneopalstic nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Mechanism of PU/PD in pyometra/bacterial infections
- Bacterial (E. coli) endotoxin production competes with ADH at renal receptors, damages renal receptors, inactivation of adenylate cyclase, decrease Na and Cl transport into renal medullary interstitium
Mechanism of PU/PD in Hepatic disease (PSS)
- Unknown
- Loss of medullary gradient due to impaired urea nitrogen production
Mechanism of PU/PD in Fanconi’s syndrome
- Renal glucosuria causing osmotic diuresis
Mechanism of PU/PD in renal disease
- nephron dysfunction and compensatory increases in GFR to surviving nephrons
- Increased tubular fluid volume, decreased absorption of solutes leading to an osmotic diuresis and loss of medullary gradient