The nurse assessing a postcraniotomy patient finds that the urine output from a catheter is 1500 mL for the first hour and the same for the second hour. The nurse should suspect:
A) Cushing's syndrome
B) Diabetes mellitus
C) Adrenal crisis
D) Diabetes insipidus
Ans: D
Feedback: Diabetes insipidus is an abrupt onset of extreme polyuria that commonly occurs in patients after brain surgery. Cushing's syndrome is excessive glucocorticoid secretion resulting in sodium and water retention. Diabetes mellitus is a hyperglycemic state marked by polyuria, polydipsia, and polyphagia. Adrenal crisis is undersecretion of glucocorticoids resulting in profound hypoglycemia, hypovolemia, and hypotension.
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