Efficacy of Hydrochlorothiazide and low renal solute feed in Neonatal Central Diabetes Insipidus with transition to Oral Desmopressin in early infancy

Table 3 Transition from hydrochlorothiazide to oral desmopressin

S	Etiology	Age of transition	Reason for transition	Dose of desmopressin	F/U: growth
S	Etiology	Age of transition	Reason for transition	(oral)	F/U: growth
1	SOD	12 months	Failure to thrive	50 mcg BD	Improved growth
1	SOD	12 months	Failure to thrive	10.5 mcg/kg/	Improved growth
2	SOD	3 months	Acute gastroenteritis with low K; difficulty in maintaining Na	25 mcg BD	-NA*-
2	SOD	3 months		4.5 mcg/kg/day	-NA*-
3	SOD	6 months	Failure to thrive	10 mcg BD	No improvement in growth; concerns regarding compliance
3	SOD	6 months	Failure to thrive	3.3 mcg/kg/day	No improvement in growth; concerns regarding compliance
4	HPE	12 months	Failure to thrive	50 mcg BD	No improvement in growth but growth impaired due to underlying condition
4	HPE	12 months	Hypernatremia	10 mcg/kg/day

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