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01-08-2013 | Poster presentation
Vasopressin secretion in sepsis-surviving animals following dehydration
Authors:
Lucas Favaretto Tazinafo, Tatiana Tocchini Felippotti, Maria JoséAlves daRocha
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 4/2013
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Excerpt
Vasopressin (AVP) plasma levels increase in the early phase of sepsis but remain at basal levels in the late phase of sepsis [
1]. It is also known that one-half of septic patients do not properly respond to an osmotic challenge, one of the strongest stimuli for AVP secretion [
2]. However, whether these AVP secretion changes persist in sepsis survivors is not known. This study investigated the possible alterations in plasma AVP levels in sepsis-surviving animals. …