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Physiology of Vasopressin Relevant to Management of Septic Shock

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Clinical use of vasopressin should await a randomized controlled trial of its effects on clinical outcomes such as organ failure and mortality, because clinical studies have been relatively small, focused on physiologic end points, and because of potential adverse effects of vasipressin.
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This article is published in Chest.The article was published on 2001-09-01. It has received 544 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Vasopressin & Vasopressin receptor.

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Surviving sepsis campaign: international guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008

TL;DR: To provide an update to the original Surviving Sepsis Campaign clinical management guidelines, the GRADE system was used to guide assessment of quality of evidence from high (A) to very low (D) and to determine the strength of recommendations.
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Physiological roles and properties of potassium channels in arterial smooth muscle

TL;DR: The main conclusions of this review are: 1) regulation of arterial smooth muscle membrane potential through activation or inhibition of K+ channel activity provides an important mechanism to dilate or constrict arteries; 2) KV, KCa, KIR, and KATP channels serve unique functions in the regulation of artery membrane potential
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A 3-level prognostic classification in septic shock based on cortisol levels and cortisol response to corticotropin.

TL;DR: The data suggest that a short corticotropin test has a good prognostic value and could be helpful in identifying patients with septic shock at high risk for death.
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Vasopressin Deficiency Contributes to the Vasodilation of Septic Shock

TL;DR: Vasopressin plasma levels are inappropriately low in vasodilatory shock, most likely because of impaired baroreflex-mediated secretion.
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Vasopressinergic Control of Pituitary Adrenocorticotropin Secretion Comes of Age

TL;DR: By citing examples from physiological studies on the regulation of ACTH secretion, it is shown how the multicomponent hypothalamic regulatory system operates, emphasizing the considerable signal integrating role of the adenohypophysial corticotrope cell.
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The osmoregulation of vasopressin.

TL;DR: New assay methods now have made it possible to begin to characterize osmoregulatory function in a more concrete and comprehensive way and also to use such information to analyze systematically certain clinical disorders of salt and water balance.
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