Management Challenges in a Child with Chronic Hyponatremia: Use of V2 Receptor Antagonist

• Main Authors: Sowmya Krishnan (Author), Swapna Deshpande (Author), Ashwini Mallappa (Author), Gunda Divya (Author), Pascale Lane (Author), Anu Vishwanath (Author), Rene Y. McNall-Knapp (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic hyponatremia is very rare in children and is often seen in the setting of congestive heart failure or liver failure in adults. Here, we report an 8-year-old child with hypothalamic glioma who presented with severe hyponatremia. Initial management consisted of fluid restriction. This was very...