Characteristics of diabetes insipidus (DI) are
a. hyperglycemia and hyperosmolarity.
b. hyperglycemia and peripheral edema.
c. intense thirst and passage of excessively large quantities of dilute urine.
d. peripheral edema and pulmonary crackles.
C
The clinical diagnosis is made by the dramatic increase in dilute urine output in the absence of diuretics, a fluid challenge, or hyperglycemia. Characteristics of DI are intense thirst and the passage of excessively large quantities of very dilute urine.
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