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ReviewBiomolecules2025

A Review of Desmopressin Use in Bleeding Disorders: An Unsung Hero?

Benjamin Reardon, Leonardo Pasalic, Emmanuel J Favaloro

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Benjamin ReardonJoint Medical Program, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2145, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5767-508X
Leonardo PasalicHaematology Department, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.
Emmanuel J FavaloroHaematology Department, Institute of Clinical Pathology and Medical Research (ICPMR), NSW Health Pathology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2103-1661

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a synthetic analogue of vasopressin, desmopressin or DDAVP has well established hemostatic properties. We present a review of DDAVP and summarize the clinical and laboratory evidence for its use in hemophilia A, von Willebrand disease (VWD), platelet function disorders, uremia, liver cirrhosis, and pregnancy, followed by illustrative examples of its broad efficacy from our local practice. In brief, DDAVP acts to release von Willebrand factor (VWF) and factor VIII from endogenously stored reserves, thereby correcting plasma deficiencies present in mild to moderately affected patients with hemophilia A and VWD. Thus, DDAVP represents a non-transfusional therapy for these disorders. Typically, a trial of DDAVP is arranged to assess individual responsiveness before employing DDAVP clinically, since there is individual variation in responsiveness. Thereafter, DDAVP can be utilized in responsive patients for clinical use and provides a factor replacement sparing strategy in these patients for some clinical situations. Nevertheless, DDAVP is best applied as a factor replacement sparing strategy, especially for minor procedures or short-term use.

Indexed as

Deamino Arginine VasopressinHemostaticsFemaleHemophilia AHumansPregnancyvon Willebrand DiseasesDeamino Arginine VasopressinHemostaticsDDAVPdesmopressinhemophiliahemostasisvon Willebrand disease

Identifiers

PMID40723839
PMCPMC12292229

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