How do you decide which patients get a proactive desmopressin clamp instead of a reactive rescue strategy when correcting severe hyponatremia in hospitalized patients?
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Nephrology · University of California, Los Angeles
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I would consider the proactive DDAVP clamp strategy in patients who are at high risk for ODS (profound hyponatremia, alcohol use disorder, hypokalemia, and severe malnutrition) and at high risk for rapid autocorrection. Patients are at high risk for autocorrection in clinical settings in which the c...
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