Hepatorenal Syndrome in the Emergency Department: A Case Report [PDF]
International Journal of Medical Students, 2014 Background: Hepatorenal syndrome is a condition where there is functional renal failure in a background of liver disease. It is relatively common in patients with liver cirrhosis and is associated with a high mortality rate if untreated.
Win Jim Tan, Mohan Tiruchittampalam
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High-Stakes Hormone: Vasopressin Use as a Last-Line Therapy for Shock in Pediatrics—A Narrative Review [PDF]
ReportsBackground and Clinical Significance: Shock in pediatric patients remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, with refractory cases posing significant challenges. While catecholamines like norepinephrine and epinephrine are standard vasopressors,
Marcin Sota +4 more
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Augmented-Medication CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (AMCPR) trial: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine, 2022 Objective Clinical trials on demodynamic-directed cardiopulmonary resuscitation have been limited. The aim of this study is to investigate whether Augmented-Medication CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (AMCPR) would improve the odds of return of spontaneous ...
Dong Kun Oh +7 more
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Cross talk of vasopressin conditioned cell therapy in ischemic heart disease: Role of oxidative stress markers [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022 Objective(s): Background: Impaired coronary blood flow causes cardiac ischemia. Cellular therapy is a new approach to the treatment of myocardial ischemia.
Mona Bagheri +4 more
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Corticotropin-releasing activity of lysine vasopressin [PDF]
, 1961 Evelyn J. Weber
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Anesthetic experience of frontotemporal dementia patient with severe autonomic dysfunction: a case report [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017 Anesthetic experience in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with severe hypotension associated autonomic dysfunction has not yet been reported. Here in case, we report on the case of treatment with vasopressin to refractory hypotension in FTD patient.
Hyae-Jin Kim +7 more
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Biomedicines, 2021 Vasopressins are evolutionarily conserved peptide hormones. Mammalian vasopressin functions systemically as an antidiuretic and regulator of blood and cardiac flow essential for adapting to terrestrial environments.
Samantha Sparapani +72 more
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Interventions for altering blood pressure in people with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage [PDF]
, 2021 BACKGROUND: Subarachnoid haemorrhage has an incidence of up to nine per 100,000 person-years. It carries a mortality of 30% to 45% and leaves 20% dependent in activities of daily living.
Gluud, Christian +4 more
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Vasopressin in vasoplegic shock in surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2023 Purpose: Vasoplegia, or vasoplegic shock, is a syndrome whose main characteristic is reducing blood pressure in the presence of a standard or high cardiac output.
Taís Felix Szeles +3 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 The neuronal and neuroendocrine peptides oxytocin (OT) and vasotocin (VT), including vasopressins, have six cognate receptors encoded by six receptor subtype genes in jawed vertebrates. The peptides elicit a broad range of responses that are specifically
Daniel Ocampo Daza +3 more
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