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*abbreviated ‘shock’*
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*’circulatory shock’ is a ‘life-threatening medical condition’ of ‘low blood perfusion’ to ’tissues’ resulting in ‘cellular injury’ + ‘inadequate tissue function’*
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(the typical signs of ‘shock’ are…)
‘low blood pressure’
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‘rapid heart rate’
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signs of ‘poor end-organ perfusion’
(IE ‘low urine output’ / ‘confusion’ / ‘loss of consciousness’)
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‘weak pulses’
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(the ‘shock index’ (SI), defined as ‘heart rate’ divided by ‘systolic blood pressure’, is an accurate diagnostic measure that is more useful than ‘hypotension’ and ‘tachycardia’ in isolation)
(under normal conditions, a number between 0.5 and 0.8 is typically seen)
(should that number increase, so does suspicion of an underlying state of ‘shock’)
(‘blood pressure’ alone may not be a reliable sign for shock, as there are times when a person is in ‘circulatory shock’ but has a stable ‘blood pressure’)
(‘circulatory shock’ is not related to the emotional state of ‘shock’)
(‘circulatory shock’ is a life-threatening medical emergency and one of the most common causes of death for critically ill people)
(‘shock’ can have a variety of effects, all with similar outcomes, but all relate to a problem with the body’s ‘circulatory system’)
(for example, ‘shock’ may lead to ‘hypoxemia’ (a lack of ‘oxygen’ in ‘arterial blood’) or ‘cardiac’ and/or ‘respiratory arrest’)
(one of the key dangers of ‘shock’ is that it progresses by a ‘positive feedback mechanism’)
(‘poor blood supply’ leads to ‘cellular damage’, which results in an ‘inflammatory response’ to increase ‘blood flow’ to the ‘affected area’)
(this is normally very useful to match up supply with tissue demand for ‘nutrients’)
(however, if enough ’tissue’ causes this, it will deprive vital nutrients from other parts of the body)
(additionally, the ability of the ‘circulatory system’ to meet this increase in demand causes ‘saturation’)
(a major result of which is that other parts of the body begin to respond in a similar way, thus exacerbating the problem)
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(due to these chain of events, immediate treatment of ‘shock’ is critical to survival)
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