The Biology of Vasopressin [PDF]
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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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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Opioid-free anesthesia reduces the severity of acute postoperative motion-induced pain and patient-controlled epidural analgesia-related adverse events in lung surgery: randomized clinical trial. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne), 2023 BackgroundOpioids have been used as pain relievers for thousands of years. However, they may also cause undesirable side effects. We therefore performed this study to compare the effect of opioid-free anesthesia (OFA) versus opioid-sparing anesthesia ...
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Vasopressin in vasoplegic shock in surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]
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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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 Weber, Evelyn Joyce
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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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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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Factors Associated with Postoperative Diabetes Insipidus after Pituitary Surgery [PDF]
Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017 BackgroundDetermining risk factors for diabetes insipidus (DI) after pituitary surgery is important in improving patient care. Our objective is to determine the factors associated with DI after pituitary surgery.MethodsWe reviewed records of patients who
Antonio L. Faltado +5 more
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