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01.10.2004 | Correspondence
Reply to Dünser et al.
verfasst von:
Gökhan M. Mutlu, Phillip Factor
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 10/2004
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We thank Dr. Dünser et al. for their insightful comments. “Relative” vasopressin deficiency during septic shock appears to be a late phenomenon that occurs 36 h or more from onset of shock [
1,
2]. While it may not have been a common finding in the authors’ experience, this difference between their observations and the literature could have resulted from the timing of collection of blood samples. Furthermore, we believe that the hypothesis of “relative” deficiency of vasopressin during septic shock is what makes vasopressin unique in the management of septic shock. …