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SIADH (Syndrome of Inappropriate ADH Secretion) |
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malignant disease: |
oat cell carcinoma of lung (commonest)pancreatic carcinoma Hodgkin's disease and other lymphomas leukaemias cerebral tumours or metastases |
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CNS disease: |
head injury following meningitis or encephalitis cerebrovascular accident Guillain-Barre syndrome |
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lung disease: |
tuberculosis severe pneumonia chronic suppuration pulmonary fibrosis |
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drugs: |
tricyclic antidepressants opiates phenothiazines cyclophosphamide chlorpropamide oxytocin |
barbiturates nicotine vincristine carbamazepine NSAIDs |
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other / miscellaneous: |
postoperative state following mechanical ventilation schizophrenia acute intermittent porphyria |
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