title: Management of hyponatremia and clinical use of vasopressin antagonists.
abstract: Hyponatremia, the most common electrolyte disorder in hospitalized patients, has been associated with high rate of mortality among both this population and nonhospitalized patients. This review describes briefly the classification and pathogenesis of hyponatremia, and, in greater detail, the management of hyponatremia with a particular emphasis on the clinical pharmacology of arginine vasopressin (AVP) antagonists. This review includes more in-depth discussion on the pharmacology of conivaptan, an AVP antagonist recently approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Sciences Center at Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York 11203-2098, USA. man.oh@downstate.edu
authors.forename: Man S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D065092:Antidiuretic Hormone Receptor Antagonists; D001552:Benzazepines; C106389:conivaptan