Cardiogenic shock is characterized by depression of cardiac function that leads to low blood pressure, coronary ischemia, and further decreased cardiac contractility resulting in tissue hypoxemia. The ...

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This Review explores contemporary circulatory support in profound postinfarction cardiogenic shock. Frequently, death is the only alternative to implantation of a blood pump, so prospective randomized ...

To the Editor: In their review of circulatory shock, Vincent and De Backer (Oct. 31 issue) 1 report that hypoperfusion can be apparent through the skin (cold extremities), the kidney (low urinary ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tissue perfusion pressure may be a new target for BP optimization in circulatory shock. TPP was significantly ...

Physiologic shock is when you don’t have enough blood to support your organs and tissues. Psychologic shock is usually related to trauma. What is shock? The term “shock” may refer to a psychologic or ...