Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Dec 2014
Consensus on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring. Task force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine.
Circulatory shock is a life-threatening syndrome resulting in multiorgan failure and a high mortality rate. The aim of this consensus is to provide support to the bedside clinician regarding the diagnosis, management and monitoring of shock. ⋯ This consensus provides 44 statements that can be used at the bedside to diagnose, treat and monitor patients with shock.