Female shock patients face delays in treatment and are less likely to receive approved interventions, says Suzanne Baron.

Patients were required to have a pulmonary capillary wedge pressure >15 mm Hg (>12 mm Hg if on inotropes). Before and immediately after the splanchnic nerve block (SNB), all patients were tested for ...

Traditional inotropes (ie, calcitropes) stimulate contractility via energetically costly augmentation of calcium cycling and worsen patient survival. A new class of agents—myotropes—activates the ...