Distinguishing between arginine vasopressin (AVP) deficiency and primary polydipsia is challenging. Hypertonic saline–stimulated copeptin has been used to diagnose AVP deficiency with high accuracy ...

High plasma copeptin (copeptin), the C-terminal fragment of arginine vasopressin pro-hormone, has been associated with the metabolic syndrome (MetS), diabetes mellitus (DM) development and nephropathy ...

A blood test for copeptin, a precursor of antidiuretic hormone (ADH, vasopressin), differentiates between "harmless" polydipsia-polyuria and diabetes insipidus more quickly and accurately than a ...

Type 1 diabetes patients with elevated albumin in their urine had three times the risk of life-threatening kidney and cardiac disease as those with normal levels, according to researchers at the ...

The biomarker copeptin is stable in serum and plasma at room temperature and is easily measured. Results are available in 1 hour, which is essential for risk stratification in critical situations.

Measuring copeptin levels in patients with hypotonic hyponatremia on emergency department (ED) admission provided key diagnostic insights. The copeptin to urinary sodium ratio more accurately ...

The biomarker copeptin may help identify risk of death among elderly patients with heart failure, according to new research appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The elderly ...

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—In low-to-intermediate risk patients who present to the chest pain unit with suspected acute coronary syndromes (ACS) but are found to be troponin negative, management based ...