Book contents
- Acute Medicine
- Acute Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: presentations to acute medicine
- 1 Abdominal mass/hepatosplenomegaly
- 2 Abdominal pain
- 3 Abdominal swelling and constipation
- 4 Abnormal sensation
- 5 Acute back pain
- 6 Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- 7 Aggressive/disturbed behaviour
- 8 Alcohol and substance dependence
- 9 Anaphylaxis
- 10 Anxiety/panic disorder
- 11 Blackout/collapse
- 12 Breathlessness
- 13 Bruising and spontaneous bleeding
- 14 Cardiorespiratory arrest
- 15 Chest pain
- 16 Confusion/acute delirium
- 17 Cough
- 18 Dialysis
- 19 Diarrhoea
- 20 Dyspepsia
- 21 Dysuria
- 22 Falls
- 23 Fever
- 24 Fits and seizures
- 25 Genital discharge and genital ulceration
- 26 Haematemesis and melaena
- 27 Haematuria
- 28 Haemoptysis
- 29 Head injury
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hoarseness and stridor
- 32 Hypothermia
- 33 Immobility
- 34 Incidental findings
- 35 Involuntary movements
- 36 Jaundice
- 37 The swollen joint
- 38 Unilateral limb pain and swelling
- 39 Loin pain
- 40 Lymphadenopathy
- 41 Medical complications during acute illness and following surgical procedures
- 42 Medical problems in pregnancy
- 43 Memory loss (progressive)
- 44 Micturition difficulties
- 45 Neck pain
- 46 Palliative and end of life care
- 47 Palpitations
- 48 Physical symptoms in absence of organic disease
- 49 Poisoning
- 50 Polydipsia and polyuria
- 51 Polydipsia and polyuria
- 52 Pruritus
- 53 Rash
- 54 Rectal bleeding
- 55 Sepsis
- 56 Theshocked patient
- 57 Skin and mouth ulcers
- 58 Speech disturbance
- 59 Suicidal ideation
- 60 Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- 61 Syncope/collapse
- 62 Theunconscious patient
- 63 Unsteadiness and balance disturbance
- 64 Visual disturbance
- 65 Vomiting and nausea
- 66 Weakness and paralysis
- 67 Weight loss
- Index
51 - Polydipsia and polyuria
The patient presenting with polydipsia and/or polyuria
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
Book contents
- Acute Medicine
- Acute Medicine
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: presentations to acute medicine
- 1 Abdominal mass/hepatosplenomegaly
- 2 Abdominal pain
- 3 Abdominal swelling and constipation
- 4 Abnormal sensation
- 5 Acute back pain
- 6 Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- 7 Aggressive/disturbed behaviour
- 8 Alcohol and substance dependence
- 9 Anaphylaxis
- 10 Anxiety/panic disorder
- 11 Blackout/collapse
- 12 Breathlessness
- 13 Bruising and spontaneous bleeding
- 14 Cardiorespiratory arrest
- 15 Chest pain
- 16 Confusion/acute delirium
- 17 Cough
- 18 Dialysis
- 19 Diarrhoea
- 20 Dyspepsia
- 21 Dysuria
- 22 Falls
- 23 Fever
- 24 Fits and seizures
- 25 Genital discharge and genital ulceration
- 26 Haematemesis and melaena
- 27 Haematuria
- 28 Haemoptysis
- 29 Head injury
- 30 Headache
- 31 Hoarseness and stridor
- 32 Hypothermia
- 33 Immobility
- 34 Incidental findings
- 35 Involuntary movements
- 36 Jaundice
- 37 The swollen joint
- 38 Unilateral limb pain and swelling
- 39 Loin pain
- 40 Lymphadenopathy
- 41 Medical complications during acute illness and following surgical procedures
- 42 Medical problems in pregnancy
- 43 Memory loss (progressive)
- 44 Micturition difficulties
- 45 Neck pain
- 46 Palliative and end of life care
- 47 Palpitations
- 48 Physical symptoms in absence of organic disease
- 49 Poisoning
- 50 Polydipsia and polyuria
- 51 Polydipsia and polyuria
- 52 Pruritus
- 53 Rash
- 54 Rectal bleeding
- 55 Sepsis
- 56 Theshocked patient
- 57 Skin and mouth ulcers
- 58 Speech disturbance
- 59 Suicidal ideation
- 60 Swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
- 61 Syncope/collapse
- 62 Theunconscious patient
- 63 Unsteadiness and balance disturbance
- 64 Visual disturbance
- 65 Vomiting and nausea
- 66 Weakness and paralysis
- 67 Weight loss
- Index
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- Acute MedicineA Symptom-Based Approach, pp. 361 - 365Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014