Adult Intensive Care Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, 1st Floor East Wing, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK.
We review key research papers in cardiology and intensive care published during 2008 in Critical Care. We quote studies on the same subject published in other journals if appropriate. Papers have been grouped into three categories: (a) cardiovascular biomarkers in critical illness, (b) haemodynamic management of septic shock, and (c) haemodynamic monitoring.