Publisher's Synopsis
The presentations of an international group of investigators in the field are brought together in this volume which aims to offer concise, informative literature reviews and papers containing new and original findings in the clinically important area of hypotension and tissue hypoperfusion. The book features a balance of both clinical and basic science approaches to the study of circulatory shock.;Topics covered include: cellular aspects of shock; design and conduct of clinical trials; humoral mediators in shock; central nervous system in shock; septic shock in the young and elderly; neuropharmacological mechanisms and approaches to shock therapy.
