Role of the venous return in critical illness and shock

Role of the venous return in critical illness and shock: Shock and mechanical ventilation. Critical care medicine, Feb 2013, Vol. 41(2), p.573-9.

Funk, D., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2013/02000/Role_of_the_Venous_Return_in_Critical_Illness_and.23.aspx

The usual clinical teaching of cardiac physiology focuses on left ventricular pathophysiology and pathology. Due to the wide array of shock states dealt with by intensivists, an integrated approach that takes into account the function of the venous system and its interaction with the right heart may be more useful.