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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Desmopressin improves intestinal functional capillary density and decreases leucocyte activation in experimental endotoxemia in the rat
Authors:
L Wagner, I Drzymulski, D Pavlovic, D Henzlers, M Wendt, C Lehmann
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
The vasopressin analogue desmopressin (DDAVP), a selective agonist of the vasopressin V2 receptor, is known to cause vasodilatation in addition to its haemostatic effects. To verify whether desmopressin could be beneficial in sepsis we investigated its effects on intestinal microcirculation in experimental endotoxemia in rats. …