Endocrine Abstracts

Hyponatremia complicates 1% of hospital admissions and can be associated with serious CNS effects. We report a case of an 84-year-old woman with longstanding hyponatremia resulting in several hospital admissions because of acute confusion due to severe hypoatremia. This case emphasizes the need to consider selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist (Tolvaptan) as a potential therapy for hyponatremia secondary to the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone (SIADH)....