Pituitary Morphology and Function in 43 Children with Central Diabetes Insipidus

Table 2

Plasma and urine chemistry.

		Baseline	End of WD	End of DDAVP
Plasma Na	Total	144.3 ± 0.9	150.0 ± 0.9	139.9 ± 0.8
	TPS^−	145.4 ± 1.4	151.1 ± 1.7	137.9 ± 0.8
	TPS^+	143.6 ± 1.1	149.4 ± 0.9	141.1 ± 1.0
Serum osmolality	Total	286.2 ± 1.6	297.5 ± 1.9	278.7 ± 1.3
	TPS^−	287.5 ± 2.8	298.4 ± 3.8	275.4 ± 1.5
	TPS^+	285.4 ± 1.9	297.0 ± 2.2	280.6 ± 1.8
Urinary osmolality	Total	128.6 ± 6.8	179.1 ± 0.5	492 ± 18.6
	TPS^−	122.2 ± 14.1	187.2 ± 23.3	491.6 ± 29.9
	TPS^+	132.4 ± 6.9	174.3 ± 9.8	492.2 ± 24.1
Urinary specific gravity		1.0 to 1.004	1.0 to 1.007	1.01 to 1.023

WD: water deprivation.