Angiotensin II in septic shock

Crit Care. 2015 Mar 16;19(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-0802-3.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Angiotensin II / therapeutic use*
  • Critical Care
  • Humans
  • Renin-Angiotensin System / physiology*
  • Shock, Septic / drug therapy*
  • Shock, Septic / physiopathology
  • Vasoconstrictor Agents / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Vasoconstrictor Agents
  • Angiotensin II