Skip to main content
Key Specialties
Cardiology Diabetology Endocrinology Gastroenterology Geriatrics and Gerontology Gynecology and Obstetrics Hematology Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Nephrology Neurology Oncology Pediatrics Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology Surgery
Congress Coverage
2024 ACC Congress 2023 ESMO Congress 2023 EASD Congress 2023 ERS Congress 2023 ESC Congress
Clinical Collections
Advances in Alzheimer’s

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.
ADVANCED SEARCH
Log in
Top
Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 9/2007

01-09-2007 | Correspondence

Continuous terlipressin infusion in patients with septic shock: less may be best, and the earlier the better?

Authors: Andrea Morelli, Christian Ertmer, Matthias Lange, Martin Westphal

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 9/2007

Login to get access

Excerpt

Bolus infusion of terlipressin (TP) may contribute to an overshooting vasoconstrictive response that is typically linked to a significant decrease in systemic blood flow and global oxygen transport, thereby limiting its clinical applicability in sepsis [1‐3]. …
Literature
1.
O'Brien A, Clapp L, Singer M (2002) Terlipressin for norepinephrine resistant septic shock. Lancet 359:1209–1210PubMedCrossRef
2.
Morelli A, Rocco M, Conti G, Orecchioni A, De Gaetano A, Coluzzi F, Vernaglione E, Pelaia P, Pietropaoli P (2004) Effects of terlipressin on systemic and regional haemodynamics in catecholamine-treated hyperkinetic septic shock. Intensive Care Med 30:597–604PubMedCrossRef
3.
Westphal M, Bone HG, Van Aken H, Sielenkamper AW (2002) Terlipressin for haemodynamic support in septic patients: a double-edged sword? Lancet 360:1250–1251PubMedCrossRef
4.
Jolley DH, De Keulenaer BL, Potter A, Stephens DP (2003) Terlipressin infusion in catecholamine-resistant shock. Anaesth Intensive Care 31:560–564PubMed
5.
Fellahi JL, Benard P, Daccache G, Mourgeon E, Gerard JL (2003) Vasodilatory septic shock refractory to catecholamines: is there a role for terlipressin? Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 22:631–634PubMedCrossRef
Metadata
Title
Continuous terlipressin infusion in patients with septic shock: less may be best, and the earlier the better?
Authors
Andrea Morelli
Christian Ertmer
Matthias Lange
Martin Westphal
Publication date
01-09-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 9/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0676-1

Other articles of this Issue 9/2007

Intensive Care Medicine 9/2007 Go to the issue

Systematic Review

The prevalence of post traumatic stress disorder in survivors of ICU treatment: a systematic review

Original

Prolonged exposure to inhaled nitric oxide does not affect haemostasis in piglets

Pediatric Experimental

A comparison of the effectiveness of open and closed endotracheal suction

Editorial

Future trends in illness severity scores

Experimental

Comparison of lung injury after normal or small volume optimized resuscitation in a model of hemorrhagic shock

Brief report

Renal blood flow and function during recovery from experimental septic acute kidney injury