title: The authors reply.
authors.affiliation: Service d' Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, and "Microcirculation, Bioénergétique, Inflammation et Insuffisance circulatoire aiguë," Equipe Universitaire 3509 Paris VII-Paris XI-Paris XIII, Paris, France; "Microcirculation, Bioénergétique, Inflammation et Insuffisance circulatoire aiguë," Equipe Universitaire 3509 Paris VII-Paris XI-Paris XIII, Paris, France; Service d' Anesthésie-Réanimation, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, and Equipe Universitaire 3509 Paris VII-Paris XI-Paris XIII, Paris, France; Laboratoire de Microcirculation, Energétique, Inflammation, Insuffisance Circulatoire Aigue, Université Paris VII-XI-XIII, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Anatole
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Harrois
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oru
authors.forename: Jacques
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duranteau
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vicaut
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D020896:Hypovolemia / Q000150:complications*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology*