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hypovolemic shock

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hypovolemic shock [¦hī·pō‚vä¦lē·mik ′shäk]
(medicine)
Shock caused by reduced blood volume which may be due to loss of blood or plasma as in burns, the crush syndrome, perforating gastrointestinal wounds, or other trauma. Also known as wound shock.


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And if you carryon without water it could lead to a heat stroke, hypovolemic shock, renal stone formation etc.
She developed signs consistent with Grade II hypovolemic shock.
Four days after the discovery of the body of Guadalupe Guzman Prieto, the body of Jazmin Torres Dorantes, also eleven years old was found… The cause of death was determined to be hypovolemic shock, occasioned by the more than fifteen stabs she had been dealt by her attacker or attackers.
 
 
 
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