title: Year in review 2007: Critical Care--shock.
abstract: The research papers on shock published in Critical Care throughout 2007 are related to three major subjects: the modulation of the macrocirculation and microcirculation during shock, focusing on arginine vasopressin, erythropoietin and nitric oxide; studies on metabolic homeostasis (acid-base status, energy expenditure and gastrointestinal motility); and basic supportive measures in critical illness (fluid resuscitation and sedation, and body-temperature management). The present review summarizes the key results of these studies and provides a brief discussion in the context of the relevant scientific and clinical background.
authors.affiliation: Sektion Anästhesiologische Pathophysiologie und Verfahrensentwicklung, Universitätsklinikum, Parkstrasse 11, 89073 Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baumgart
authors.forename: Vladislava
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Simkova
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Georgieff
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Radermacher
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Calzia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D012769:Shock / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*