Author Spotlight: Developing Innovative Therapeutic Strategies for Hemorrhagic Shock Research

Hemorrhagic shock is responsible for two million deaths worldwide every year. We are studying the pathological mechanism of hemorrhagic shock, with the aim of identifying new targets, and thus proposing innovative therapeutic strategies. Hemorrhagic shock is a difficult condition in its own right, combining hemodynamic alteration with metabolic damage and organ dysfunctions.

The variety of experimental protocols makes its study even more complex. In this study, we propose to develop a reproductive, standardized, and clinically relevant rat model of hemorrhagic shock. We hope that this model of hemorrhagic shock can become one of the standard models for future study.

The use of a standard model would facilitate advances in the field, not least because it would make it possible to compare results between different teams working on hemorrhagic shock.