AGT and Shock: In the critically ill patients with distributive shock studied herein, the mean serum concentration of angiotensin II in the > 5 ng kg−1 min−1 angiotensin II subgroup was 420.8 (± 680.4) pg/mL at baseline and in the ≤ 5 ng kg−1 min−1 angiotensin II subgroup was 128.3 (± 199.1) pg/mL at baseline.