  In the present paper we propose to update the standard calculation of Stark
line profiles for autoionizing atomic states in dense plasmas, i.e. warm dense
matter and strongly coupled plasmas. This is motivated by the importance of
taking into account the effect of the electric microfield generated by the
plasma charge constituents in the calculation of the atomic populations of
autoionizing states which leads to the modification of the calculation of Stark
line profiles in the frame of the standard theory. This is due to the
properties of the autoionizing atomic states that are far from Boltzmann
distribution even in dense plasmas bringing serious doubts on the statistical
approach used in the standard theory of Stark profile calculations. We discuss
the importance of the present analysis in view of the radiation emission
originating from dense plasmas created by the interaction of the X-ray Free
Electron Lasers (XFEL's) with solid density matter.
