Shock: Clinical features and pathophysiology Mahesh Nirmalan
Critical Care Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Shock: Clinical features and pathophysiology Mahesh Nirmalan
Critical Care Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary
Objectives
Life-threatening condition
Immediate or delayed mortality
Multiple aetiology
Recognition and Assessment
Physiological consequences of shock
clinical features
Document and report on progression
Severe or sudden blood loss
Large drop in body fluids
Myocardial infarction
Major infections
High spinal injuries
Anaphylaxis
Extreme heat or cold
Types of Shock
Hypovolemic Shock:
haemorrhagic
or non haemorrhagic
Other causes of shock
Cardiogenic Shock
Septic Shock
Neurogenic Shock
Anaphylactic Shock
Harvest of Death: T H O’Sullivan
Hypovolaemic Shock
Haemorrhage: Overt or occult
Reduction in circulating volume
Reduction in venous return and CO
O2 supply-demand imbalance
Lactic acidosis
Reduction in venous oxygen saturation
Non haemorrhagic hypovolaemia
Severe burns, vomiting and diarrhoea
Assess for:
Signs of heart failure
Signs of tamponade
Cardiac dysrrhythmia
Myocardial infarction
Tachycardia
Muffled heart sounds or third heart sound
Engorged neck veins with hypotension
Dyspnoea
Oedema in feet and ankles
Septic Shock
Bacterial, viral, fungal infection
Gram negative and gram positive bacteria
High output failure: “warm shock”
Fever, tachycardia, tachypnoea, leucocytosis
Inadequate oxygen extraction
High SvO2, Metabolic acidosis
“Cold shock”
Atypical presentation in immuno-compromised patients
Diabetes, Cirrhosis, immunosuppression
Septic Shock in trauma patients
Develops 2 - 5 days after injury occurs
Carries a poor prognosis
Assess for:
Penetrating abdominal injuries
Signs of infection
Warm pink skin and dry elevated body temperature
Tachycardia
Wide pulse pressures
Neurogenic Shock
Caused by:
Spinal cord injury
Certain drugs
Brain stem, spinal or torso trauma
Venous pooling and arteriolar dilatation
Signs and Symptoms:
Hypotension without tachycardia
Warm pink skin
Low blood pressure & minimal response to fluids
Anaphylactic shock
Anaphylactic Shock
Rapid onset
Primary systems:
Cardiovascular, Respiratory
Skin, Gastrointestinal, coagulation
Face, pharynx and laryngeal oedema
Adrenaline is life saving
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