Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N, Wolfe Street, Meyer 8-181, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. rtamarg@jhmi.edu
Critical care (London, England) 2012Copeptin is a peptide derived from pre-provasospression along with arginine vasospressin. In the setting of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), elevated serum copeptin levels correlate with vasospasm, inpatient mortality, mortality at 1 year, and poor functional outcome at 1 year. The potential role of serum copeptin levels in the management of patients with aneurysmal SAH is promising and should be explored further.
Rafael J Tamargo. Copeptin in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Critical care (London, England). 2012;16(1):103
PMID: 22236394
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