Open AccessEfficacy of vaptans for correction of postoperative hyponatremia: A comparison between single intravenous bolus conivaptan vs oral tolvaptan
Author(s) -
Sunil Rajan,
Pulak Tosh,
Dilesh Kadapamannil,
Soumya Srikumar,
Jerry Paul,
Lakshmi Kumar
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_263_17
Subject(s) - medicine , tolvaptan , hyponatremia , anesthesia , bolus (digestion)
Hyponatremia is one of the most common electrolyte abnormality encountered in postoperative patients especially in the elderly. We aimed to assess the efficacy of single-dose intravenous conivaptan vs. oral tolvaptan therapy for correction of hyponatremia in postoperative patients.