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Your patient has a history of gastric ulcers and gi bleeding. he is now tachycardic, hypotensive, and tachypnic. he admits to passing a lot of blood the past several days. what type of shock is this most
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Your patient has a history of gastric ulcers and gi bleeding. he is now tachycardic, hypotensive, and tachypnic. he admits to passing a lot of blood the past several days. what type of shock is this most likely?
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The type of shock presented by a patient with a known history of gastric ulcers and gastrointestinal bleeding with recent history of passing a lot of blood is called hypovolemic shock. The patient is now on the later stages of shock as he is tachycardic and hypotensive (significant as mechanisms to maintain a normal blood pressure is failing at this point).
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