Indexed on: 01 Aug '07Published on: 01 Aug '07Published in: British journal of hospital medicine (London, England : 2005)
Hyponatraemia often complicates the treatment of underlying conditions in patients who are seriously ill. Arginine vasopressin receptor antagonists block the action of arginine vasopressin and correct sodium and water imbalance in patients with euvolaemic or hypervolaemic hyponatraemia.