Shock includes studies of novel therapeutic approaches, such as immunomodulation, gene therapy, nutrition, and others. There is no single journal, which encompasses the etiology, cellular and molecular mechanisms, and therapeutic approaches to the treatment of shock in a comprehensive and coherent manner, while still maintaining a clear focus on the pathobiology of shock. The journal is poised to meet the present and future needs of investigators involved in sophisticated basic and clinical studies of shock, trauma, sepsis, endotoxemia, ischemia/reperfusion, inflammation, and other related pathophysiologic states.

休克包括研究新的治療方法，如免疫調節、基因治療、營養和其他。目前還沒有一本包含病因、細胞和分子機制以及以綜合和連貫的方式治療休克的治療方法的雜志，但仍保持對休克病理學的明確關注。該雜志將滿足研究人員目前和未來的需求，他們參與了對休克、創傷、敗血癥、內毒素血癥、缺血/再灌注、炎癥和其他相關病理生理狀態的復雜基礎和臨床研究。