Published in:
01-09-2018 | Editorial
MAP of 65: target of the past?
Authors:
Pierre Asfar, Peter Radermacher, Marlies Ostermann
Published in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Issue 9/2018
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Excerpt
Septic shock is defined as sepsis with hypotension refractory to fluid challenge and requiring vasopressor support combined with an increase in arterial lactate reflecting impaired cellular energy metabolism and dysoxia. The use of vasoactive drugs to restore mean arterial pressure (MAP) is strongly recommended by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign [
1] and the Task Force of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) on circulatory shock management and monitoring [
2]. …