title: β-blockers in critically ill patients: from physiology to clinical evidence.
abstract: This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2015. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www.springer.com/series/8901.
authors.affiliation: Milan University, Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. silvia_coppola@libero.it.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coppola
authors.affiliation: Milan University, Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. sara.froio@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Froio
authors.affiliation: Milan University, Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione (Intensiva e Subintensiva) e Terapia del Dolore Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda - Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy. chiumello@libero.it.
authors.forename: Davide
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chiumello
mesh_terms: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D016638:Critical Illness; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology; D018805:Sepsis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists