National Surveillance of Central Diabetes Insipidus (CDI) in Denmark: Results From 5 Years Registration of 9309 Prescriptions of Desmopressin to 1285 CDI Patients

Half of the cases of CDI are acquired later in life. At least half of the patients with CDI are instructed to prevent nocturnal polyuria, but it is not clear whether their CDI remains uncontrolled during the daytime or, alternatively, whether they use desmopressin only as needed. Female patients with CDI had approximately twice the number of hospital admissions due to severe hyponatremia than male patients with CDI.