Meyer et al. reviewed the literature on the use of arginine vasopressin (AVP) and terlipressin (TP) (long-acting analog of vasopressin with a half life of six hours) as a rescue therapy in neonates, children, and adolescents, with catecholamine refractory septic shock or cardiocirculatory arrest and analyzed 17 reports involving a total of 109 patients, ranging from 23 weeks gestation to 19 years.[24] The most common indication for either drug was catecholamine refractory septic shock. This evidence concerns the gene AVP and Shock.