SHOCK: a sydrome where decreased tissue perferusion and impairment of cellular metabolism occurs, ultimately causing an imbalance of the body's nutrients and oxygen supply and demand.


SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION
refers to when the heart isn't able to adequately pump blood forward. Primary examples include myocardial infarction, blunt cardiac trauma, cardiomyopathy (disease that affect the structure and function of the myocardium),pulomary hypertension and myocardial depression resulting from impairment of the metabolism.


DIaSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION:
caused when the heart isnt able to fill properly decreasing stroke volume. Examples include cardiomyopathy, ventricular-hypertrophy ( enlargement and thickening of the left ventricular walls), cardiac temponade ( fluid accumulation in the pericardium or constriction of the pericardium).


Arrhythmias:
Bradyarrythmias or tachyarrthmias.


Structural changes:
valvular stenosis (narrowing of the valves), ventricular septial rupture (laceration) or tension pneumothorax (collection of air in the plural space between the lung and chest wall).

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:
Cardiac symptoms:
tachycardia, hypotension, decreased cap refill, chest pain.
Pulmonary Symptoms:
tachypnea, on auscultation; crackles, rhonchi, and visible cyanosis.
Renal Symptoms:
increased NA+ and water retention decreased renal blood flow & decreased urine output.
Skin symptoms:
pallor, cool and clammy on touch.
Neuro symptoms:
decreased cerebral perfusion causing anxiety, confusion & agitation.
GI symptoms:
decreased bowel sounds, nausea and vomitous.

RISK FACTORS:
age of 65 years and over, HX of heart failure, past MI, coronary artery disease, hypoension, diabetes mellitus and ethnicity (NZ at risk ethnicities would be Maori and Pasifika).

TREATMENTS (AS PER LIPPINCOTT):
Supplementary oxygen, intubation, and mechanical ventilation if necessary to improve oxygenation,
circulatory assisted devices in order to reduce cardiac workload.
stenting, and angioplasty in order to restore the hearts blood flow.
ACTIVITY:
Bed rest until deemed stable
PHARMACOLOGY
Diuretic eg furosemide
NSAIDs: e.g aspirin
Nitrates: GTN spray to reduce chest pain
Inotropes: negative inotropes (beta-blockers)
INTRAVENOUS:
IV fluid resuscitation
Electrolyte replacement therapy, such as potassium and magnesium replacement, to correct imbalances.

OBSTRUCTIVE SHOCK: occurs due a physical obstruction or restiction to the blood flow occurs and a decrease in cardiac output. Can happen due tp resticted diastolic dilling of the right ventricle as a result of compression e.g tension pnuemothroax, cardiac temponade. Can also be caused by decreased blood circulation to the lunchs and blood returning to the right atrium as a result of a pulmonary embolism. Can also be caused by a abdominal compartment syndeom due an increased level of abdominal pressure, it caues the interior veen cava to compress decreasing the venour return to the heart.

Hypovolmic Shock: occurs when there is a loss of intravascular fluid, and the volume isn't enough to fill a corrosponding space. it is characterised with circulatory dysfunction that typically results in inadequate tissue perfusion and possible organ failure after loss of 20% of intravascular blood, plasma, or fluids.

*Cardiogenic Shock: dysfunction of the heart's ability to pump effectively ultimately leading to a decrease in cardiac output and perfusion loss. It leads to end organ damage and decreased oxygen delivery

ABSOLUTE HYPOVOLAEMIA:
occurs when external whole blood loss happens as a result of hemorrhaging from trauma, surgery and GI bleeding.


TREATMENTS (AS PER LIPPINCOTT):
GENERAL:
supplementary oxygen, cardiac resuscitation if indicated, in case of respiratory failure intubation, IV access for fluid resuscitation, warm IV fluids pre-administration, C-spine immobilization in
case of trauma.
DIETING:
Increase oral fluids, possible parenteral nutrition or tube feeding once the shock is resolved.
ACTIVITY:
Initial bedrest then gradual mobilization as patient status improves.

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS:


Cardiac symptoms:
decreased preload, decreased stroke volume and decreased capillary refill.
Pulmonary symptoms:
at initial onset tachypnoea, late onset bradypnoea.
Renal symptoms:
decreased urine output.
Skin symptoms:
pallor, cool and clammy on touch.
Neuro symptoms :
decreased cerebral perfusion resulting in anxiety agitation and confusion.
GI symptoms:
absent bowel sounds

RISK FACTORS:
eptopic pregnancy, burns, severe GI bleeding, alcohol use, dehydration, diuretic abuse, trauma from pelvic or femoral obstruction, intestinal obstruction, acute pancreatitis, heat stroke, aneurysm, peritonitis.

Distributive shock: caused by a maldistribution of circulation flow and volime

Neurogenic Shock:
Happens within 30 minutes of a spinal cord injury at the T5 or above, and is referred to as a hemodynamic phenomenon. The trauma caused severe vasodilation that is uncompensated, this causes pooling of blood in the blood vessels leading to tissue hyperperfusion and insufficient cellular metabolism.




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RELATIVE HYPOVOLAEMIA
occurs when fluid travels from the vascular space into the extracellular space. This can occur as a result of pooling of blood and other fluids seen in bowel obstruction, Internal bleeding resulting from long bone fractures, ruptured spleen, haemothorax and severe pancreatitis, and massive vasodilation happening as a result of sepsis. In a burns patient there will be a leakage of fluid from the vascular space and into the interstitial space as a result of increased capillary permeability.

Anaphylactic Shock: Is an acute serious/life-threatening hypersensitivity /allergic reaction to a substance e.g food, medication, insect bites, pollen. The reaction to the allergen fastly causes mass vasodilation, a release of vasoactive mediators along with n increase in capillary permeability, the increase in permeability leads to fluids leaking from the vascular space to interstitia space. Severe bronchospasm, laryngeal edema, and respiratory distress results from the increased vasodilation. A patient can experience anaphylaxis from inhalation, ingestion and injection with an antergen that the individual has previously been sensitive to.

Septic shock
happens when sepsis is present and hypotension despite sufficient fluid administration, along with poor tissue perfusion causing hypoxic tissues. Causes include both Gram-negative/ positive bacteria, infections such as pneumonia, the presence of parasites, fungi and parasites. Spetic shock the body's inflammatory response is hypersensitised and exagerated. Septic shock causes maldistribution in the blood flow, vasodilation, and myocardial depression. The incease in capillary permeability causes a leakage of plasma thus causing hypovolemia.

Signs and symptoms:
hyoptension (mas vasodiation, bradycardia, unregulated body temperature

Signs and Symptoms
Dizziness, chest pain, swelling of lips and toungue, wheezing & stridor. Skin changes: flushing, pruritus, irticaria and angeo odema. Anxiety, confusion, a sense of impending doom

Signs and Symptoms: tachycardia, tachypnea, narrowed pulse pressure, hypotension after fluids, decreased capillary refill time, confusion, pale on appearance, motled skin, hperventilation, oliguira & fever

Risk Factors: Compromised immune system, allergic reactions, diabetes, cancer, injury resulting in decreased sympathetic stimulation of blood vessels resulting in compromised blood flow. injuries such as severe lacerations, burns or wounds that are septiable to infection

Treatment: maintaining pt airway intabation is needed, oxgen therapy, fluid resusitation with caution, C-spine imobilisationm monitor temperature

Pharmacology: vasoactive drugs, analgesics, oxygen therapy, atropine

Treatment:
remove the cause, maintain pt airways and intubate if needed, collid fluid resusitation, avoid triggers, conduct a full patient history.

Pharmacological treatment:

adrenaline, anithistamine, corticosteroids, broncodialators.

Treatment: oxygen therapy, intubation, raipd fluid rescitation, blood tests, vital signs, stress ulcer prophylaxis, blood glucose maintainience.


Pharmacological treatment: antibiotics to fight infection, inotropes, anticoagulants.

Signs and Symptoms:
Cardiac: decreased blood pressure, decreased preload.
Pulmonary tachypnea leading to bradypnoea (late).
Renal:
decreased urine output
Neurological:
Flacid paralysis below the level of lesion, loss of reflex activity.
Gastrointestinal:
Bowel disfunction

Treatments: maintain airways and intubate if needed, oxygen therapy, treat what is csuing the obstruction in order to restore blood flow, fluid resusitation

Risk factors: physical injury resulting in obstruction.

Contemporary stage: here the body tries to override metabolic changes and maitain homeostasis this is done through the actication of neural, hormonal, and biochemical compensatory mechanisms. one of the first symptoms is a drop in blood pressure as a result of decreased cardiac output and the narrowing of pulse pressure. Carptod and aortic barroreceptors are activated within the symapthetic nervous system to trigger/stimulate the realease of vasoconstrictors, adrenaline and noreadrenaline, restoring blood flow the vital organs such as the heart and brain

Progressive Stage: when contempoary recovery mechanism fails, this stage is initiated, alterations in mental state of patients is quite common during this stage of shock. there will be a a decrease in caridac output thus causing a reduction in blood pressure and also drecasing cellular perfusion and capillary permeability. The alteration in capillary permeability allows for the leakage of fluids from the vascular space into the intersistial space, thus decreasing circulation colume affecting the body's solid organs e.g lungs, liver. Perfusion to periphial tissues is also decreased

Irreversible stage: refered to the final stage of shock, is characterised by an exacerbaion of anerobic metabolism, decrease in perfusioh, drop in cardiac output along with a decline in vasoconstriction. The patient will typically exprience extensive hypotension and hypooxemia due to a loss of intravascular fluid . Lactic acid will acumulate resulting in increased cappillary permeablility and dilation, allowing fluid to exsit the vasvular space and move into the intersitial spacing. the patient is likely to go int omulti organ failure, recomver due to this is unlikely to the bodys' inhability to compensate.

Signs and Symptoms:
disorientation, confusion, change in level of consiousness,
Cardiac:
tachycardia, increased contractility, hypotension, narrowing of pulse pressure.
respiratory system:
increased ventilation-perfusion miss match, shortness of breath.
Gastrointestinal:
decreased blood flow, decreased GI motility, increased risk of paralytic ileus
Renal System
Decreased renal blood flow
Temperature:
Will either be normal or abnormal.
Skin:
Pale and Cool, Warm and Flushed

Signs and Symptoms:
Neurological:
decreased response to stimuli, decreased cerebral perfusion pressure, delerium.
Cardiac:
Increased capillary permeability, oedema, decrease in cardiac output leading to hypotension and tahcycardia, arythmias MI
Respiratory:
Tachyapnoea, decreased lung compliance, moist crackles.
Gastrointestinal:
GI bleeding, ischemic gut from vasoconstriction and decrease in perfusion,
Renal:
decreased urine output, increase BUN/creatine ratio
Hepatic:
cant metabolise drugs and waste products, jaundice
Temperature:
Hyper or Hypothermia
Skin:
Cool and Clammy

Signs and Symptoms:
Neurological:
Unresponsive, loss of reflexes, nonreactive pupils.
Cardiac:
Profound hypotension, decrease in cardiac output, bradycardia, decreaded blood pressure causing inadequate perfusion to vital organs.
Respiratory System:
Hypoxemia, respiratory failure/arrest.
Gastrointestinal:
Ischemic Gut
Renal:
Anuria
Hepatic:
accumulation of waste
Temperature:
Hypothermia
Skin:
Mottles and Cyanotic