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Clinical studies have shown that plasma vasopressin level is significantly elevated in patients with Meniere's disease. Other reports indicated that histamine induced a very quick and high elevation of vasopressin level and caused nystagmus in experimentally produced endolymphatic hydrops. We became interested in further investigating the details of this relationship by studying the effect of experimental endolymphatic hydrops and histamine upon plasma vasopressin level in the guinea pig. The results are as follows: 1) Histamine increased the plasma vasopressin level in normal guinea pigs. 2) There was no statistically significant difference in the plasma vasopressin level between the hydrops model and normal guinea pigs. 3) Histamine increased the plasma vasopressin level more in the hydrops model group than in normals. 4) Plasma vasopressin level was elevated in the vertiginous model caused by inner ear anesthesia. Our results support those of clinical investigators who reported that the plasma vasopressin level was elevated more in the Meniere's disease group than any other equilibrium disorder group. It is possible that vasopressin is in someway involved in the development of endolymphatic hydrops.
Ear Nose Throat J 1994 Dec
PMID:The relationship between vasopressin and endolymphatic hydrops in the guinea pig. 788 84

In an effort to further understand the perioperative intravascular volume status of major head and neck surgery patients, serum antidiuretic hormone (ADH) and osmolality levels were assessed at four perioperative junctures. Thirty-five major head and neck surgical patients were randomly selected for examination with placement of a central venous pressure monitor. Serum osmolality and serum vasopressin levels were obtained at four junctures perioperatively. ADH levels were lower both after patients were anesthetized and five hours into the procedure than at either baseline or 24 hours after the end of the procedure. ADH levels after patients were anesthetized did not differ from those at five hours into the procedure, nor did ADH levels at baseline differ from those 24 hours after the end of the procedure. In addition, osmolality levels did not change over time. Additional analyses examining relationships between preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative characteristics and ADH levels after patients were anesthetized and five hours into the procedure, as well as changes from baseline at these times and the baseline levels themselves, detected no significant relationships. This study provides information about the perioperative intravascular volume status of major head and neck surgery patients which may be important to intraoperative care, especially to decisions regarding invasive intraoperative fluid monitoring. Specifically, the data provide additional evidence against the need for the routine placement of central venous catheters to guide fluid administration during major head and neck surgery.
Ear Nose Throat J 1997 Feb
PMID:Vasopressin levels in major head and neck surgery. 904 96

Hyponatremia develops as a result of the inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone. In rare cases, it develops as an iatrogenic complication. For example, acute iatrogenic post-tonsillectomy hyponatremia has been described in children following the infusion of hypo- or isotonic fluid. We report a case of rapidly developing post-tonsillectomy iatrogenic hyponatremia in a 5-year-old girl following an excessive infusion of hypotonic fluid. Her signs and symptoms began with nausea and vomiting and progressed to seizures and coma. We corrected the electrolyte disturbance by infusing a 3% sodium chloride solution until her neurologic manifestations disappeared, at which time her serum sodium concentration had risen back to 135 mEq/L. Otolaryngologists are not generally exposed to much information about hyponatremia, so we must be aware of its associated neurologic signs and symptoms.
Ear Nose Throat J 2012 Nov
PMID:Rapidly developing iatrogenic hyponatremia in a child following tonsillectomy. 2328 95

Esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) is a rare tumor of the olfactory mucosa. We treated a 50-year-old man with an ENB in the right ethmoid sinus who had been diagnosed 16 years earlier with syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) of unknown cause. When the ENB was surgically removed, the patient's osmoregulation returned to normal-that is, his SIADH resolved completely, which suggested that the SIADH was paraneoplastic in nature. These events prompted us to review the literature to determine if there is an association between our patient's ENB and his SIADH in general and between long-standing SIADH that precedes ENB in particular. Based on our review and an extrapolation of data, we have estimated that 1,300 cases of ENB have occurred since it was first described in 1924. Of these cases, SIADH was reported in 26 cases, including ours, which represents an estimated prevalence of 2% (although we believe this is actually an underestimation of the true prevalence). Of the 26 cases, SIADH had already been present in 14 patients (54%) prior to their diagnosis of EBN for a median duration of 3.5 years. We recommend that patients with newly diagnosed EBN be evaluated for SIADH. In those who are SIADH-positive, a resolution of SIADH should be expected once the ENB has been removed. If this does not occur, one should suspect that the ENB was not completely removed. If SIADH resolves but later recurs during follow-up, then a relapse should be suspected. In long-standing SIADH of unknown etiology, nasal sinus imaging should be considered.
Ear Nose Throat J
PMID:A case and a series of published cases of esthesioneuroblastoma (ENB) in which long-standing paraneoplastic SIADH had preceded ENB diagnosis. 2417 Apr 77