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Shock Non Sepsis
One-Hour Concurrent Session

Why Is My Patient Hypotensive? Mechanisms Underlying Development and Persistence of Shock

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
9:45am – 10:45am Eastern Time
Location: W311A
CE: 1

    Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

  • Scott Weiss, MD, FCCM

    Nemours Childrens Hospital
    Sidney Kimmel Medical Center at Thomas Jefferson University

This session will review three fundamental mechanisms that contribute to the onset and persistence of shock and that could be targeted for measurement and precision therapies to reverse shock.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the role and potential treatment of endothelial activation and dysfunction in shock
  • Describe the role and potential treatment of systemic inflammation in shock
  • Describe the role and potential treatment of metabolic/mitochondrial dysfunction in shock

Presentations:

  • 9:50am – 10:05am Eastern Time
    The Role and Potential Treatment of Endothelial Activation and Dysfunction in Shock

    Rosemary Kozar, MD, PhD – R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

  • 10:05am – 10:20am Eastern Time
    The Role and Potential Treatment of Metabolic/Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Shock

    Carrie Sims, MD, PhD – Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • 10:20am – 10:35am Eastern Time
    The Role and Potential Treatment of Systemic Inflammation in Shock

    Seth Bauer, PharmD, FCCM (he/him/his) – Cleveland Clinic Foundation