Shock liver is a sudden, acute type of liver disease that can cause liver failure. It happens when reduced blood flow to the liver causes liver cells to die. It is most common among people who have ...

Most of the 9.7 million soldiers who perished in WWI were killed by the conflict's unprecedented firepower. Many survivors experienced acute trauma. Hulton Archive / Getty Images In September 1914, at ...

Hypovolemic shock is a medical emergency that happens when your body loses too much blood or fluid. It makes it very difficult for your heart to beat efficiently and can lead to organ failure.

Depressed spinal reflexes caudal to spinal cord injury (SCI), defined as spinal shock, have intrigued clinicians and researchers for more than two centuries. Despite this history, the etiology and ...

Hemorrhagic shock is a type of shock that’s caused by heavy blood loss, which can be caused by internal or external bleeding. Hemorrhagic shock can be life threatening and needs to be treated as a ...

Neurogenic shock can occur if a spinal cord injury causes nerve damage. It can lead to changes in heart rate, temperature, and blood pressure. Symptoms include dizziness and flushed skin. It is a ...

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: You wake up in a futuristic medical bay on an orbital space station with some new cyber implants, only to realize that everyone else is dead. I could be ...

Shock is the clinical expression of circulatory failure that results in inadequate cellular oxygen utilization. Shock is a common condition in critical care, affecting about one third of patients in ...

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