title: Resuscitation in the new millennium.
abstract: This article discusses resuscitation from a historical perspective; physiology; the optimal timing and volume for and fluids and endpoints of resuscitation; and the role of resuscitation in the future. Whether different types of victims of trauma should be resuscitated using different endpoints also is discussed.
authors.affiliation: R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Scalea
mesh_terms: D005440:Fluid Therapy / Q000266:history; D005544:Forecasting; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D012769:Shock / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy