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Electrolyte disorders
Would you start a vaptan or monitor an asymptomatic patient with reset osmostat and an average sodium of 126 meq/L?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
It might work unless their thirst threshold is also reset, in which case tolvaptan would cause only polyuria.
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