title: Shock, a clinical syndrome: an update. Part 1. An overview of shock.
abstract: Shock is a major critical illness that involves almost every organ system. It is not simply a problem of decreased blood pressure. It is a problem of inadequate tissue perfusion. Part 1 presents an overview of the shock syndrome, including definitions, classifications, and cellular changes in shock.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012769:Shock / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*