Proposed Reclassification of Shock States with Special Reference to Distributive Defects

摘要: Some years ago, for lack of better knowledge, most us were tempted to classify shock on an etiologic basis. We referred to: (a) due blood loss (hypovolemic shock); (b) cardiogenic (pump failure); (c) bacterial (bacteremia, endotoxin); (d) acute hypersensitivity reactions (anaphylactic (e) neurogenic (barbiturate and narcotic overdose, transection the spinal cord; (f) associated with obstruction flow, e. g., pulmonary embolization; (g) endocrine forms (myxedema, pheochromocytoma, adrenocortical insufficiency, insulin excess).