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hemorrhagic shock

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hemorrhagic shock
n.
Hypovolemic shock resulting from acute hemorrhage and characterized by hypotension, tachycardia, oliguria, and by pale, cold, and clammy skin.


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Resuscitation fluid derived from aloe plant prolongs life after hemorrhagic shock in animal study, Shock, August 2004.
presented data from recent animal studies conducted in his laboratory at UCSD in an abstract titled "The Auto-Digestion Hypothesis: Blockade of Pancreatic Digestive Enzymes in the Lumen of the Intestine During Hemorrhagic Shock Reduces Mortality.
This device gives hospital trauma teams the ability to noninvasively and continuously measure compromised tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) associated with hemorrhagic shock and monitor it during resuscitation.
 
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