Fluid deprivation test Fluid deprivation test A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test which can be used to determine whether the patient has diabetes insipidus as opposed to other causes of polydipsia (a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water). The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo intake of water completely, to determine the cause of the thirst. This test measures changes in body weight, urine output, and urine composition when fluids are withheld. Sometimes measuring blood levels of ADH (a synonym for vasopressin) during this test is also necessary. If there is
Southwest Medical University regions and municipalities, and many come from other countries. The staff number at around 2,560, with 520 of them being onsite professors or associate professors whose focus includes Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and a hybrid combination of the two. Facility wise, the college has five non-subordinating hospitals and 39 teaching hospitals with a total of 15,500 patient beds. Southwest Medical University Southwest Medical University (, formerly Luzhou Medical College (), is a medical university in Luzhou, Sichuan, China. The school was first established in 1951 as Southern Sichuan Doctors' School (). In 1958, the school was renamed as Luzhou