Transient Unexplained Shock in 30-year-old Trauma Patient.
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2014Author
Rahmani, F
Ebrahimi Bakhtavar, H
Shahsavari Nia, K
Mohammadi, N
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Shock as an inadequate tissue perfusion is one of the frequent causes of death in trauma patients. In this context, there are various reasons for hemodynamic instability and shock including hypovolemic (hemorrhagic), obstructive (cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax), cardiogenic, neurogenic, and rarely septic. In the present report, a 30-year-old trauma patient with full clinical signs and symptoms of shock referred while had unknown origin; it was finally recognized as anaphylactic shock.