Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte imbalance which often results from hormonal disregulation. The study aims to investigate whether the apelin hormone, which plays a role in regulating salt and water balance in the body, can be used to treat hyponatremia. The study will involve healthy volunteers who will be given a medication that causes their bodies to retain water, thus inducing a temporary hyponatremia state. The researchers will measure the volunteers' blood and urine electrolyte levels to see how these are influenced by apelin administration. As comparison, the same measurements will be done in volunteers dosed with placebo instead of apelin. The researchers believe that apelin may be able to help to correct hyponatremia by increasing urine output. If the study focused in the healthy volunteers population is successful, the investigators will assess the effect of apelin administration in patients with chronic hyponatremia. The study's hypothesis is that intravenous apelin will increase urinary excretion and sodium levels in healthy participants with artificially induced hyponatremia.
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Total urinary excretion (ml)
Timeframe: assessment between timepoint 0 hours and timepoint +4 hours