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Severe symptomatic acute hyponatremia in traumatic brain injury responded very rapidly to a single 15 mg dose of oral tolvaptan; a Mayo Clinic Health System hospital experience – need for caution with tolvaptan in younger patients with preserved renal function

Tolvaptan is now well established as a potent pharmaceutical agent for symptomatic hyponatremia from syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), congestive heart failure and liver cirrhosis. Previous studies had recruited older (63-65 years) patients with mild renal impairment...

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Autores principales: Onuigbo, Macaulay Amechi Chukwukadibia, Agbasi, Nneoma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nickan Research Institute 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5414515/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28487868
http://dx.doi.org/10.15171/jrip.2017.05