ESICM guidelines on circulatory shock and hemodynamic monitoring 2025

  • Xavier Monnet*
  • , Antonio Messina
  • , Massimiliano Greco
  • , Jan Bakker
  • , Nadia Aissaoui
  • , Maurizio Cecconi
  • , Giacomo Coppalini
  • , Daniel De Backer
  • , Vanina Kanoore Edul
  • , Laura Evans
  • , Glenn Hernández
  • , Oliver Hunsicker
  • , Can Ince
  • , Thomas Kaufmann
  • , Bruno Levy
  • , Manu L.N.G. Malbrain
  • , Alexandre Mebazaa
  • , Sheila Nainan Myatra
  • , Marlies Ostermann
  • , Michael R. Pinsky
  • Bernd Saugel, Marzia Savi, Mervyn Singer, Jean Louis Teboul, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Jean Louis Vincent, Michelle S. Chew
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Objective: 

These European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) guidelines provide recommendations for the diagnosis of shock and hemodynamic monitoring for adult critically ill patients. 

Methods: 

An international panel of experts formulated PICO-formatted questions, and the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach was applied to assess evidence and formulate recommendations. In the absence of strong evidence, panelists issued ungraded good practice statements (UGPS). 

Results: 

Panelists issued 50 statements. Among others, skin perfusion should be monitored using the assessment of capillary refill time, and this may be complemented by the assessment of skin temperature and mottling (UGPS). In patients with a central venous catheter, serial measurements of (central) venous oxygen saturation and of the veno-arterial difference in carbon dioxide partial pressure should be performed (UGPS). In patients with persistent shock after initial fluid resuscitation, fluid responsiveness should be assessed before continuing fluid resuscitation (UGPS). It is recommended to use dynamic variables over static markers of preload for predicting fluid responsiveness, when applicable (graded statement). Cardiac output (CO) and/or stroke volume should be monitored in patients who do not respond to initial therapy (UGPS). Arterial pressure should be monitored with an arterial catheter in shock that is not responsive to initial therapy and/or requiring vasopressor infusion (UGPS), and central venous pressure should be measured in patients who have a central venous catheter (UGPS). Panelists suggest using echocardiography as the first-line imaging modality to assess the type of shock (graded statement). Echocardiographically defined phenotypes of left and right ventricular dysfunction may be of prognostic significance (UGPS). 

Conclusions: 

The panel made 50 recommendations on shock diagnosis and hemodynamic monitoring.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1971-2012
Number of pages42
JournalIntensive Care Medicine
Volume51
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2025

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