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Assessing the Role of Delta Copeptin in the Evaluation of SIAD and CSW
Sayan Banerjee1, Arun George1, Anju Bala1
1Pediatric Endocrine Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Objectives:
The current diagnostic methods for syndrome of inappropriate antidiuresis (SIAD) and cerebral salt wasting (CSW), are imprecise. Gold standard radioisotope methodologies are currently confined to research settings. Therefore, this study evaluated whether the change in copeptin levels could be an early diagnostic tool.
Methods:
A study was conducted on hyponatremic (≤ 130 meq/L) children. Subjects with endocrine disorders, systemic diseases, diarrhea, and shock were excluded. At baseline, copeptin and fractional excretion of uric acid (FEUA) were measured. Subjects then received maintenance 0.9% normal saline (NS) for six hours. Fluid deficits and polyuria were managed with fluid replacement, while symptomatic hyponatremia was treated with 3% NS. After six hours, copeptin and NT-proBNP were reassessed. Subjects were monitored until serum sodium normalized to differentiate CSW from SIAD using FEUA levels.
Results:
The present study included 15 subjects (66.67% had tubercular meningitis; 11 SIAD and four CSW). Copeptin levels showed no correlation with the degree of hyponatremia (r = 0.126). However, delta copeptin was significantly different and showed a decrease in the SIAD group [-16.43 (-39.07, -4.57) vs. 7.94 (-2.30, 29.80) pmol/L, p = 0.024]. A cut-off value for delta copeptin of -9.62 pmol/L [0.864 (0.665-1.00)], yielded a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 63.6% for CSW. The utility of other biomarkers (delta NT proBNP, copeptin/urine sodium and serum uric acid) could not be established.
Conclusions:
The present study demonstrates the role of delta copeptin as a potential diagnostic biomarker in the evaluation of SIAD vs. CSW.
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