Exploring vasopressin use in septic shock: a retrospective cohort study from Turkiye (VASCO-TURK).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vasopressin is a peptide hormone and often added to reduce catecholamine dose and side effects according to recent guidelines. Despite increasing global interest in vasopressin use in septic shock, real-world data from low- to middle-income countries, including Türkiye, remain scarce.

Material-method

This study was conducted as a single-center, retrospective, observational study in a tertiary intensive care unit, with the diagnosis of septic shock according to Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines and who received norepinephrine alone and both norepinephrine with vasopressin as an adjunctive vasopressor.

Results

A total of 146 septic shock patients were included in the study, with 113 (77.4%) in the norepinephrine group and 33 (22.6%) in the patients receivi

SUBMITTER: Kucuk AO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12755012 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature