In septic sheep, selepressin almost completely blocked fluid accumulation, whereas arginine vasopressin partially reduced it.
In plain wordsIn sheep with sepsis, selepressin blocked fluid accumulation more than arginine vasopressin.
- Peptide
- Selepressin
- Outcome
- DecreaseFluid accumulation
- Study
sheepn: not reported in source
Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia-induced severe sepsis- Comparator
- Arginine vasopressin
- Outcome group
- Vascular function · Cardiovascular
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · continuous intravenous infusionAs given in this study (sheep).
Source sentences
this fluid accumulation was partially reduced by arginine vasopressin and almost completely blocked by selepressin
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Prospective, randomized, controlled laboratory experiment.
Forty-five chronically instrumented sheep.
Sheep were anesthetized, insufflated with cooled cotton smoke via tracheostomy, and P. aeruginosa were instilled into their airways.