Table 2. Vasopressin Plasma Concentrations in Different Conditions of Adult Patients.

Condition	Plasma concentration (pg/ml)	Source
Healthy volunteers	2.0 ± 0.3	Baylis and Robertson [22]
Healthy volunteers after hypertonic saline infusion	14.8 ± 1.8	Baylis and Robertson [22]
Cardiac arrest before unsuccessful CPR	70.0 ± 9.0	Lindner et al. [29]
Cardiac arrest before successful CPR	193.0 ± 28.0	Lindner et al. [29]
Late septic shock	3.1 ± 1.0	Landry et al. [4]
Early cardiogenic shock	22.7 ± 2.2	Landry et al. [4]
Vasodilatory shock after CPB	12.0 ± 6.6	Argenziano et al. [59]
During CPB with non-pulsatile perfusion	198.0 ± 9.0	Levine et al. [58]
Unstable organ donor	2.9 ± 0.8	Chen et al. [32]
Late hemorrhagic shock	8.1 ± 5.1	Joseph et al. [80]
Early hemorrhagic shock	19.1 ± 6.7	Joseph et al. [80]

Data are mean ± SD. CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPB: cardiopulmonary bypass.