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Haemorrhage & Shock Flashcards

1
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Who is at risk of hypovolaemic shock?

A

Patients suffering from profuse bleeding or haemorrhage

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List the early symptoms of hypovolaemic shock?

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  • Tachycardia
  • Skin pallor
  • Hypotension
  • Confusion, aggression, drowsiness, coma
  • General weakness
  • Thirst
  • Reduced urine output
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What clinical situations would result in the degree of blood loss maybe being miss-interpreted?

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  • Elderly population
  • Patients on certain medications (beta-blockers, antihypertensives, antianginals)
  • Patients with pacemakers
  • Athletes
  • Pregnancy
  • Hypothermia
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Describe how Cardiogenic shock presents?

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  • Distended jugular veins due to increased jugular venous pressure
  • Weak/absent pulse
  • Arrhythmia
  • Often with tachycardia
  • Lips/nail beds are cyanosed
  • Can produce a thrombi/emboli
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What 3 types does distributive shock include?

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  1. Septic (infectious)
  2. Anaphylactic
  3. Neurogenic
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What features typically occur in septic shock?

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SIRS (system inflammatory response syndrome) and can lead to fever and induced warm and sweaty skin due to vasodilation

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How does anaphylactic shock present?

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  • Hives on the skin
  • Localised oedema
  • Narrowing of the airway
  • Throat swelling
  • Burning skin
  • Itching
  • Coughing
  • Wheezing etc.
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What can cause obstructive shock?

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  • Cardiac tamponade
  • Aortic aneurysm
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary embolism
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How are the main manifestations of obstructive shock produced?

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Massive release of histamine which causes intense vasodilation

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What can lead to cardiogenic shock?

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  • Myocardial damage (MI)
  • Dysrhythmias
  • Mechanical defect (valve damage)
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What is the main consequence of obstructive shock?

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Elevated right heart pressure and impaired venous return leading to signs of right heart failure

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What are the 2 signs of right heart failure?

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  1. Raised central venous pressure

2. Jugular venous distension

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What essentially is distributive shock?

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When the blood volume is normal, but the volume of the vascular compartment is increased

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Describe anaphylactic shock?

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Severe systemic allergic reaction and is characterised by massive vasodilation, pooling of blood in the peripheral vessels and increased capillary permeability

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What is the possible treatments for anaphylactic shock?

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  • Discontinuance of agent
  • Application of measures to reduce absorption
  • Monitoring of CVS and RS
  • Maintenance of gas exchange and perfusion
  • Adrenaline constricts blood vessels and relaxes the airways
  • Antihistamines, corticosteroids & oxygen
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What can cause septic shock?

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  • Peritonitis
  • Abortion
  • Rupture of gut
  • Skin infections
  • Inflammatory and immune responses accompanied by histamine release
  • Indwelling urinary or intravenous catheter
17
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Who are particular susceptible to septic shock?

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  • Elderly
  • Those with extensive trauma, burns, neoplastic disease
  • Diabetes
18
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How does the patient present as sepsis continues?

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  • Greyish tinge due to stasis of blood in capillary vessels

- Cyanosis due to reduced oxygenation of haemoglobin

19
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What can cause neurogenic shock?

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  • Brain injury
  • Depressant action of drugs
  • Anaesthesia
  • Hypoxia
  • Hypoglycaemia
20
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What urine output is indicative of severe shock and inadequate renal perfusion?

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20ml/hr

21
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What are the 5 complications of shock?

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  1. Shock lung (adult respiratory distress syndrome)
  2. Gastrointestinal ulceration
  3. Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC)
  4. Renal damage
  5. Multiple organ failure
22
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What is the 1st line treatment for hypovolaemic shock?

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Saline (0.9%)

23
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What does BUFALO stand for in regards to sepsis treatment?

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  • Blood cultures
  • Urine output
  • Fluids
  • Antibiotics (broad spectrum)
  • Lactate and FBC
  • Oxygen
24
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How do you work out the SIRS score?

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2 or more of the following:

  • Temp >38oC or <36oC
  • Heart rate >90
  • Respiratory rate >20 or PaCO2 <32mmHg
  • WBC >12,000/min or <4,000mm
25
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What is lactate a measure of?

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Organ underperfusion

26
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What drug can you prescribe for pyrexia?

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Paracetamol

27
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What are IV drug users at high risk of and why?

A

Infecting right heart valves through injecting into veins which then drain into the right atrium of the heart, allowing infection to spread onto the tricuspid and pulmonary valves

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