Septic Shock
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Critical Care of Patients With Shock — Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts for Interprofessional Collaborative Care▶ 1:26We'll use hypovolemic shock as our main example thereAnd second, we'll look at the systemic breakdown caused by infection using sepsis and septic shockSo maybe let's start with the absolute basicsShock, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, and Burns in Children — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 22:56That covers the mechanical failures of the tank and the pumpSection 4 shifts us into an entirely different physiological landscape, distributive and septic shockHere, the pump might be strong and the total blood volume might be normal, but the vascular container itself has catastrophically expandedShock, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome, and Burns in Adults — Pathophysiology: The Biologic Basis for Disease in Adults and Children▶ 9:25And it brings down immunoglobulins, actively crippling the immune system right when the patient might be fighting off a massive bacterial infectionLike the one causing their septic shock in the first placeIt is the ultimate biological paradox