Evaluation of development of diabetes insipidus in the early phase following traumatic brain injury in critically ill patients

The purpose of this study was to define the prevalence and outcome of diabetes insipidus (DI) in the early post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) period in ICU patients. Inadequate antidiuretic hormone secretion, which results in DI, is a well recognized complication of TBI, owing to post-traumatic posterior pituitary dysfunction.