Vasopressin plays a vital part in homeostasis by regulating water excretion in the kidney. But it seems that vasopressin also dampens the inflammatory response to uropathogenic Escherichia coli—a ...

Vasopressin caught fire as an adjunct vasopressor for sepsis about 20 years ago. The rationale was that septic patients are vasopressin deficient, at least relatively, and they require exogenous ...

Vasopressin is an alternative to epinephrine for vasopressor therapy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but clinical experience with this treatment has been limited. We randomly assigned adults who ...

Lower doses of initial vasopressin were associated with lower mortality when used as an adjunct in patients with septic shock, according to a review of three recent studies. "Patients with septic ...

Vasopressin's action in renal cells to regulate water transport depends on protein phosphorylation. Here we used mass spectrometry-based quantitative phosphoproteomics to identify signaling pathways ...

Vasopressin should be used with great caution for the treatment of hypotension in septic shock, according to results from an international research team published today in the online open access ...

LAKE ZURICH, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fresenius Kabi announced today the availability in the United States of Vasopressin Injection, USP, a generic equivalent to Vasostrict ®. Fresenius Kabi Vasopressin ...

IN the preparatory stages of a projected study of the hypothalamic control of release of adrenocortico-trophic hormone, large doses of reserpine, serotonin creatinine sulphate, and commercial ...

The effect of vasopressin on duodenal motor activity was studied in a series of pentobarbital anesthetized dogs. Vasopressin exhibited an inhibitory effect on the increase in tonus and amplitude ...