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 ...

Why is Pitressin used in sepsis? For patients with septic shock, "Even though noradrenaline is being used, Pitressin has also been added." Many of you have probably seen such a situation. However, ...

Vasopressin is commonly used as an adjunct to catecholamines to support blood pressure in refractory septic shock, but its effect on mortality is unknown. We hypothesized that low-dose vasopressin as ...

After several decades during which little attention was paid to vasopressin and/or urine concentration in clinical practice, interest in vasopressin has renewed with the availability of new, potent, ...

Researchers have found that male rhesus monkeys who tend to shun group play, mutual grooming and other social activities have a subtle thing in common with boys who have an autism spectrum disorder.

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 ...

Jet lag is all in the mind. What exactly lags has more to do with the hypothalamus than the jet. A misalignment of the body's internal clock following jet travel across multiple time zones causes ...

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 ...

Autism is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder with no known drug treatment up until now. Researchers have finally found tweaking certain hormones could help patients with autism. There were two ...

The neuropeptide vasopressin is a key molecular mediator of social behavior in animals and humans, implicated in anxiety and autism. Social recognition, the ability to assess the familiarity of others ...

Discover comprehensive details about Vasopressin, including its pronunciation, uses, dosage instructions, indications, and guidelines on how and when to take it or avoid it. The updated prescription ...

It feels like deja vu to be writing about neuropeptides like vasopressin again, since I just discussed them in a June 2018 post. But two new clinical trials using vasopressin in ASD were just ...