Effectiveness of dietary diabetes insipidus bundle on the severity of postoperative fluid imbalance in pituitary region tumours: A randomized controlled trial.
Hemlata KoundalManju DhandapaniPratibha ThakurPinaki DuttaRama WaliaSushant K SahooRajesh ChhabraSivashanmugam DhandapaniPublished in: Journal of advanced nursing (2021)
The nurse-led dietary DI bundle has effectively reduced the severity of DI among operated pituitary patients with significant benefits in polyuria, hypernatraemia, vasopressin requirement and hospital stay. Its implementation is simple and easy to carry out, especially in resource-constrained institutions, where continuous monitoring and repeated serum sodium estimation are difficult.