Review
Year in review 2009: Critical Care - shock
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* Corresponding author: Peter Radermacher peter.radermacher@uni-ulm.de
Sektion Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Klinik für Anästhesiologie, Universitätsklinikum, Parkstrasse 11, D-89073 Ulm, Germany
Critical Care 2010, 14:239 doi:10.1186/cc9261
Published: 5 November 2010Abstract
The research papers on shock that have been published in Critical Care throughout 2009 are related to four major subjects: first, alterations of heart function and, second, the role of the sympathetic central nervous system during sepsis; third, the impact of hemodynamic support using vasopressin or its synthetic analog terlipressin, and different types of fluid resuscitation; as well as, fourth, experimental studies on the treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome. The present review summarizes the key results of these studies together with a brief discussion in the context of the relevant scientific and clinical background published both in this and other journals.