Clinical experience with Tolvaptan outpatient use. Cost and effectiveness in 9 cases
David E Barajas-Galindo1, Alfonso Vidal-Casariego1, Emilia Gómez-Hoyos2
1Sección de Endocrinología y Nutrición, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, León; León. España.
Introduction:
Tolvaptan introduction has constituted the main therapeutic novelty in the management of hyponatremia in recent years.
Objective:
To describe the experience with this drug at Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León, Spain.
Method:
Retrospective, observational study of tolvaptan outpatient use in a tertiary care hospital from March 2014 to August 2017.
Results:
A total of 9 patients were treated with tolvaptan in the outpatient setting. Eunatremia was reached in 24 h by 23.1%. After tolvaptan administration, a reduction in days of hospitalization was recorded (361 vs. 70; p = 0.007), especially in those days of hospitalization that were attributable to hyponatremia (306 vs. 49; p = 0.009).
Conclusions:
Long-term use of tolvaptan appears to be safe and is associated with a decrease in days of hospitalization.
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