• Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am · Sep 2014

    Review

    Microcirculatory alterations in shock states.

    • Shannan K Hamlin, Parmley C Lee CL Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1211 21st Avenue South, S3408 MCN, Nashville, TN 37212, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Critical Care, Van, and Sandra K Hanneman.
    • Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice, Houston Methodist Hospital, MGJ 11-017, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: SHamlin@HoustonMethodist.org.
    • Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2014 Sep 1; 26 (3): 399-412.

    AbstractFunctional components of the microcirculation provide oxygen and nutrients and remove waste products from the tissue beds of the body's organs. Shock states overwhelmingly stress functional capacity of the microcirculation, resulting in microcirculatory failure. In septic shock, inflammatory mediators contribute to hemodynamic instability. In nonseptic shock states, the microcirculation is better able to compensate for alterations in vascular resistance, cardiac output, and blood pressure. Therefore, global hemodynamic and oxygen delivery parameters are appropriate for assessing, monitoring, and guiding therapy in hypovolemic and cardiogenic shock but, alone, are inadequate for septic shock. Copyright © 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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