Renal function in acute febrile urinary tract infection in children: Pathophysiologic aspects on the reduced concentrating capacity

Intranasal DDAVP-test in the study of re

Intranasal DDAVP-test in the study of renal concentrating capacity in children with recurrent urinary tract infections

✍ G. Åbyholm; E. Monn 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 274 KB

Intranasal administration of DDAVP (1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin), a synthetic analogue of vasopressin, followed by measurement of urine osmolality 6h afterwards, represents a convenient, reliable and simple method for the estimation of renal concentrating capacity in children. The DDAVP-test