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What’s really behind your patient’s hyponatremia?
Excess vasopressin may be complicating your patient’s treatment
Elevated vasopressin levels can cause abnormal water retention,
leading to hyponatremia (serum sodium <135 mEq/L).1,2
Hyponatremia may increase mortality risk and length of hospital stay
and adversely affect outcomes for patients with various medical conditions.1,3

Pull back the curtain
on hyponatremia

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References: 1. Verbalis JG, Goldsmith SR, Greenberg A, et al. Diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of hyponatremia: expert
panel recommendations. Am J Med. 2013;126(10 suppl 1):S1-S42. 2. Douglas I. Hyponatremia: why it matters, how it presents,
how we can manage it. Cleve Clin J Med. 2006;73(suppl 3):S4-S12. 3. Shorr AF, Tabak YP, Johannes RS, Gupta V, Saltzberg
MT, Costanzo MR. Burden of sodium abnormalities in patients hospitalized for heart failure. Congest Heart Fail. 2011;17(1):1-7.
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