Cardiovascular management of septic shock

From Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper Health System, Camden, NJ. Address requests for reprints to: R. Phillip Dellinger, MD, Director, Section of Critical Care Medicine, Cooper Health System, One Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103. E-mail: [email protected] The intensivist provides intensive care unit management and coordination across the total spectrum of organ dysfunctions and support; however, no other disorder likely requires the level of complex on-site physician skills needed for the successful treatment of septic shock.