• Department of Respiratory Disease, Taihe Hospital Affiliated to Yunyang Medical College. Shiyan, Hubei, 442000, ChinaCorresponding Author: TU Ming-li, E-mail: tumingli@ tom. com;
TU Mingli, Email: tumingli@tom.com
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Objective  To study polyuria during mechanical ventilation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD) and its possible mechanisms. Methods  The plasma and urine concentrations of cystatin C ( CyC) were measured by enzyme immunometric assay in 26 COPD patients who received mechanical ventilation at timepoints of 0 h, 24 h, 48 h, 72 h and 1 week. And plasma levels of atrial natriuretic factor ( ANF ) , antidiuretic hormone ( ADH) and aldosterone ( ALD) were detected by
radioimmunoassay at the same time-point. The urine volume was recorded every day. The samples of 30 healthy volunteers were measured as control. Results  Polyuria phenomenon was found in majority of patients in 24 to 72 hours after mechanical ventilation. At 0h, the concentrations of plasma CyC, urine CyC,plasma ANF, ADH and ALD were all increased significantly compared with those of the control, respectively [ ( 4. 87 ±0. 51) mg/L vs ( 1. 29 ±0. 27) mg/L, ( 0. 58 ±0. 13) mg/L vs ( 0. 07 ±0. 02) mg/L, ( 37. 02 ±4. 35) pmol /L vs ( 22. 51 ±1. 18) pmol /L, ( 8. 61 ±1. 43) pmol /L vs ( 0.94 ±0. 34) pmol /L, ( 925. 4 ±142. 7) pmol /L vs ( 297. 5 ±135. 8) pmol /L, all P  lt; 0. 01] , then decreased gradually after mechanical ventilation. The levels of plasma CyC and ANF at 24 h, plasma ADH at 72 h, and urine CyC at 1 week were similar to those of the control( all P  gt;0. 05) , respectively, except the level of plasma ALD was still higher by 1 week( P  lt; 0. 05) . Conclusions  Polyuria is not a rare phenomenon for COPD patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Polyuria is related to the readjustment and mal-adaptation of ADH and reninangiotensin-
aldosterone-systems during mechanical ventilation.

Citation: ZHANG Jing,LEI Junrong,LUO Guoshi,LIU Xianjun,WU Shangjie,ZHOU Rui,TU Mingli. Polyuria in Patients with COPD During Mechanical Ventilation and Its Possible Mechanism. Chinese Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2009, 09(6): 551-554. doi: Copy

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