ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Diagnosis of central diabetes insipidus (CDI) remains challenging. Water deprivation test and hypertonic saline infusion, as established diagnostic tests, are mentally and physically demanding for patients. Copeptin response to arginine-stimulation and insulin tolerance test (ITT) has been shown to be a putative parameter in the diagnosis of CDI in adults, but data are lacking for children and adolescents.Methods:</...

Introduction: The diagnosis of arginine vasopressin deficiency (AVD, formerly central diabetes insipidus) remains a challenge. Timely and accurate differentiation between AVD and primary polydipsia (PP) is pivotal for effective management. In recent years, stimulated copeptin has emerged as a promising tool to diagnose AVD.Methods: In this single centre retrospective study, we identified paediatric patients with suspecte...