Vasopressin serum levels in patients with severe brain lesions and in brain-dead patients Níveis séricos de arginina vasopressina em pacientes com lesão cerebral grave e em pacientes com morte encefálica

Vasopressin serum levels in patients with severe brain lesions and in brain-dead patients Níveis séricos de arginina vasopressina em pacientes com lesão cerebral grave e em pacientes com morte encefálica

INTRODUCTION: Patients with severe brain lesions (SBL) and brain-dead patients (BD) frequently present with vasopressin (AVP) secretion disorders. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate AVP serum levels in SBL and BD patients. DESIGN: Prospective, open label, observational trial. SETTING: A general teaching hospita...

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Main Authors: Eliane de Araújo Cintra, Jayme Antunes Maciel Jr, Sebastião Araújo, Margaret de Castro, Edna Freitas Martins, Antônio Luiz Eiras Falcão, Luiz A.C. Sardinha, Renato G.G. Terzi, Desanka Dragosavac, Ana Paula Devite Cardoso, Rosmari A.R.A. Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
lesão cerebral
morte encefálica
vasopressina
brain lesion
brain death
vasopressin
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200007
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