An extensive elaboration of vasopressin and its properties can be found elsewhere. This is a brief summary, to help one answer questions like Question 22 from the second paper of 2013.
In short
Rationale and advantages
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Side-effects and disadvantages
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Classic studies to quote: |
Dünser, Martin W., et al. "Does arginine vasopressin influence the coagulation system in advanced vasodilatory shock with severe multiorgan dysfunction syndrome?." Anesthesia & Analgesia 99.1 (2004): 201-206.
Mogan, G. R., G. P. Wormser, and E. B. Gottfried. "Infected gangrene. A serious complication of peripheral vasopressin administration." The American journal of gastroenterology 73.5 (1980): 426.
Cowley Jr, Allen W., and Jean-François Liard. "Cardiovascular actions of vasopressin." Vasopressin. Springer US, 1987. 389-433.
Holmes, Cheryl L., Donald W. Landry, and John T. Granton. "Science review: Vasopressin and the cardiovascular system part 1–receptor physiology." Critical care 7.6 (2003): 427.
Holmes, Cheryl L., Donald W. Landry, and John T. Granton. "Science Review: Vasopressin and the cardiovascular system part 2-clinical physiology." CRITICAL CARE-LONDON- 8.1 (2004): 15-24.
Landry, Donald W., et al. "Vasopressin deficiency contributes to the vasodilation of septic shock." Circulation 95.5 (1997): 1122-1125.
Holmes, Cheryl L., et al. "Physiology of vasopressin relevant to management of septic shock." CHEST Journal 120.3 (2001): 989-1002.
Dünser, Martin W., et al. "Arginine Vasopressin in Advanced Vasodilatory Shock A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study." Circulation 107.18 (2003): 2313-2319.
Mehta, Sangeeta, et al. "Cardiac ischemia in patients with septic shock randomized to vasopressin or norepinephrine." Critical Care 17.3 (2013): R117.
Gordon, Anthony C., et al. "The Cardiopulmonary Effects of Vasopressin Compared With Norepinephrine in Septic Shock Cardiopulmonary Effects of Vasopressin."CHEST Journal 142.3 (2012): 593-605.
Klinzing, Stefan, et al. "High-dose vasopressin is not superior to norepinephrine in septic shock*." Critical care medicine 31.11 (2003): 2646-2650.
Russell, James A., et al. "Vasopressin versus norepinephrine infusion in patients with septic shock." New England Journal of Medicine 358.9 (2008): 877-887.
Gordon, Anthony C., et al. "Effect of Early Vasopressin vs Norepinephrine on Kidney Failure in Patients With Septic Shock: The VANISH Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA 316.5 (2016): 509-518.