THE VASOPRESSIN TEST AS AN AID IN THE EVALUATION OF HYPOTHALAMO-PITUITARY-ADRENAL FUNCTION
| Autor: | Isa Sundholm, H. Hortling, Eva Puupponen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System endocrine system medicine.medical_specialty Screening test Vasopressins Prednisolone Pituitary Function Tests Turner Syndrome Hypopituitarism Injections Intramuscular Adrenocorticotropic Hormone Internal medicine Internal Medicine medicine Humans Adrenal function Obesity Glucocorticoids Menstruation Disturbances Lysine vasopressin Vasopressin test business.industry Hypogonadism Lysine Estrogens Eosinophil medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Injections Intravenous Female business Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Acta Medica Scandinavica. 189:479-484 |
| ISSN: | 0001-6101 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.0954-6820.1971.tb04408.x |
| Popis: | The effect of lysine vasopressin (LVP) on plasma 11-hydroxycorticosteroids (11-OHCS), when administered intramuscularly at 10 p.m., and at one and two hours later has been studied in a series of 164 individuals, 43 of whom served as controls and the others represented groups of patients with hypopituitarism, glucocorticoid-treated patients and other metabolically interesting patients. There was a significantly smaller average rise of 11-OHCS in the hypopituitarism group and in the corticoid-treated groups than in the control group. Oestrogen-treated patients responded normally to LVP. The side-effects caused by the administration of LVP were slight and well tolerated in all patients. In a number of patients the adrenal function was studied with the aid of the 5 hours' intravenous adreno-corticotropic hormone (ACTH) test after the LVP test. The effect of LVP on the eosinophil cells in the blood was smaller than that caused by ACTH in the i.v. test. The LVP test can be used as a convenient screening test of the hypothalamic-adrenal system. |
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