SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF ANTIDIURETIC-HORMONE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS - REPORT OF 2 CASES
E. Furuta et al., SYNDROME OF INAPPROPRIATE SECRETION OF ANTIDIURETIC-HORMONE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID-ARTHRITIS ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS - REPORT OF 2 CASES, Internal medicine, 35(6), 1996, pp. 478-481
Two rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with the syndrome of inappropri
ate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH) during the course of inf
ection are herein reported. One patient developed SIADH during the cou
rse of a localized cutaneous herpes tester infection while the other d
eveloped SIADH in conjunction with Staphylococcus simulans septicemia,
We consider that the development of SIADH was strongly associated wit
h superimposed infections in the underlying RA. This is the first repo
rt discussing the association of SIADH and infections in RA patients i
n which SIADH is diagnosed by measurement of plasma ADH.