Table 2 |
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Common causes of hemorrhagic shock |
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Cause |
Examples (where applicable) |
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Antithrombotic therapy |
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Coagulopathies |
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Gastrointestinal bleeding |
Esophageal varices |
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Esophagogastric mucosal tear (Mallory–Weiss) |
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Gastritis |
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Gastric and duodenal ulcerations |
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Gastric and esophageal cancer |
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Colon cancer |
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Colonic diverticula |
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Obstetric/gynecologic |
Placenta previa |
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Abruptio placentae |
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Ruptured ectopic pregnancy |
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Ruptured ovarian cyst |
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Pulmonary |
Pulmonary embolus |
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Lung cancer |
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Cavitary lung disease: tuberculosis, aspergillosis |
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Goodpasture's syndrome |
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Ruptured aneurysms |
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Retroperitoneal bleeding |
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Trauma |
Lacerations |
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Penetrating wounds to the abdomen and chest |
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Ruptured major vessels |
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Gutierrez et al. Critical Care 2004 8:373 doi:10.1186/cc2851 |
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