Question

In the emergency department, a client arrives following a car accident. His pulse is 122; BP 88/60; respiration is 18 bpm. Urine output is 4 mL over the first hour on arrival. When in shock, this lower urine output is primarily due to?

Answer 1

The correct answer would be - Stimulation or innervation of the sympathetic nervous system that causes contraction of the afferent arteriole.

Step-by-step explanation:

After the accident one can experience neurogenic shock as a result of injury to the spinal cord. The body starts losing functions and innervation of the sympathetic nervous system.

Innervation of the sympathetic nervous system leads to the contraction of the afferent nervous system that helps in lowering urine output in the patients.

Thus, the correct answer is - stimulation or innervation of the sympathetic nervous system that causes contraction of the afferent arteriole.