Nikolas
Created page with "== Shock == A shock is the final common pathway for potentially lethal events, like myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, trauma and sepsis. Its characterized by severe systemic hypoperfusion of tissues, either by decreased cardiac output or reduced effective circulating blood volume. The consequences are impaired tissue perfusion and hypoxia of the cells, which leads to multiorgan failure. So, in other words, a shock is a whole-body circulatory failure. In theory i..."