Pneumonia is the leading infectious cause of mortality worldwide and one of the most
common lower respiratory tract infections that is contributing significantly to the burden of …

Arginine vasopressin (AVP) is a key hormone in the human body. Despite the clinical
relevance of AVP in maintaining fluid balance and vascular tone, measurement of mature …

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the incremental value of copeptin for
rapid rule out of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Background: The rapid and reliable …

Measurement of biomarkers has revolutionized the work-up of patients with suspected
cardiovascular disease. The most widely used contemporary cardiovascular biomarkers are …

Objective: Aspiration of oropharyngeal or gastric contents into the lower respiratory tract is a
common event in critically ill patients and can lead to pneumonia or pneumonitis. Aspiration …

Arginine Vasopressin (AVP) and copeptin derive from the same precursor molecule. Due to
the equimolar secretion, copeptin responds as rapidly as AVP to osmotic, hemodynamic and …

Used appropriately, biomarkers improve the assessment of respiratory tract infections and
sepsis. Most prominently, circulating procalcitonin levels increase by a factor of several tens …

Stress is defined as anything that throws the body out of homeostatic balance; for example
an acute illness. Any stressor which activates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis …

Objectives: This study sought to evaluate the predictive value of copeptin over the entire
spectrum of heart failure (HF) and compare it to the current benchmark markers, B-type …

Rationale: Much of the total disease burden and cost of chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is associated with acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD). Serum …