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shockIn medicine, circulatory failure marked by a sudden fall of blood pressure and resulting in pallor, sweating, fast (but weak) pulse, and sometimes complete collapse. Causes include disease, injury, and psychological trauma. In shock, the blood pressure falls below that necessary to supply the tissues of the body, especially the brain. Treatment depends on the cause. Rest is needed, and, in the case of severe blood loss, restoration of the normal circulating volume. |
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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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