Effectiveness of single dose conivaptan for correction of hyponatraemia in post-operative patients following major head and neck surgeries

Effectiveness of single dose conivaptan for correction of hyponatraemia in post-operative patients following major head and neck surgeries

Background and Aims: Conivaptan, a vasopressin receptor antagonist, is commonly used for the treatment of euvolaemic, hypervolaemic hyponatraemia. Usually, an intravenous (IV) bolus followed by infusion is administered for many days. We decided to assess the effectiveness of single dose conivaptan f...

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Main Authors: Sunil Rajan, Soumya Srikumar, Jerry Paul, Lakshmi Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Conivaptan
hypertonic saline
hyponatraemia
intensive care unit patients
post-operative
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2015;volume=59;issue=7;spage=416;epage=420;aulast=Rajan

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