urine deprivation

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• urine concentration test — (for kidney function) the patient is deprived of fluids for a given period and the concentration of the urine is checked. Cf. water deprivation t …   Medical dictionary

• Fluid deprivation test — A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test for the purposes of diagnosing the causes of polydipsia, a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water. The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo… …   Wikipedia

• water deprivation test — (for ability to concentrate urine when plasma osmolality is increased) without fasting, the patient is deprived of water for at least eight hours. Patient weight and measurements of plasma and urine osmolalities are obtained before the test and… …   Medical dictionary

• water-deprivation test — a test for diabetes insipidus in which fluid and food intake is withheld completely for (usually) 24 hours, with regular measurement of plasma and urinary osmolality and body weight. In a normal person the output of vasopressin will be increased… …   Medical dictionary

• water-deprivation test — a test for diabetes insipidus in which fluid and food intake is withheld completely for (usually) 24 hours, with regular measurement of plasma and urinary osmolality and body weight. Normally (and in a person with psychogenic polydipsia) the… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• water deprivation — a method for testing the body s ability to concentrate urine when plasma osmolality is artificially increased; see water deprivation test, under test …   Medical dictionary

• endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction  group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …   Universalium

• dehydration — /dee huy dray sheuhn/, n. 1. the act or process of dehydrating. 2. an abnormal loss of water from the body, esp. from illness or physical exertion. [1850 55; DEHYDRATE + ION] * * * I Loss of water, almost always along with salt, from the body,… …   Universalium

• vitamin — vitaminic, adj. /vuy teuh min/; Brit. also /vit euh min/, n. any of a group of organic substances essential in small quantities to normal metabolism, found in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs or sometimes produced synthetically: deficiencies… …   Universalium

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Diabetes insipidus — Classification and external resources Vasopressin ICD 10 E …   Wikipedia