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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 |
| 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 |
| Abruptio placentae |
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| Ruptured ectopic pregnancy |
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| Ruptured ovarian cyst |
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| Pulmonary |
Pulmonary embolus |
| 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 |
| 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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