title: Shock in infants and children.
abstract: Physiologic data obtained from infants and children in shock indicate that there is a high frequency of abnormalities that can only be discovered with pulmonary artery catheters. Cardiogenic shock is a low-output, high-resistance condition, and septic shock is a relatively high-output, low-resistance condition. The use of pulmonary artery catheter data demonstrates that optimal therapeutic goals can be estimated and basic pathophysiologic abnormalities can be discovered.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002319:Cardiovascular System / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008168:Lung / Q000503:physiopathology; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D012769:Shock / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology