European journal of anaesthesiology
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After observing that the interruption of activated protein C (aPC) treatment after septic shock reversal was not associated with any deleterious effect, we started to suspend the treatment whenever vasopressors were no longer required. We present a report of our data. ⋯ The use of aPC should be considered in septic shock, but its suspension after shock reversal in this small series of patients was not associated with any deleterious effect.