Distributive shock is a medical condition in which abnormal distribution of blood flow in the smallest blood vessels results in inadequate supply of blood...

Shock is divided into four main types based on the underlying cause: hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive, and distributive shock. Hypovolemic shock...

dysfunction. Septic shock refers specifically to distributive shock due to sepsis as a result of infection.[citation needed] Septic shock may be defined as...

Common causes of distributive shock include sepsis, anaphylaxis, and head or spinal cord injury (neurogenic shock). Septic shock is typically caused...

trauma, an inadequate sympathetic response, or neurogenic shock, is a type of distributive shock that is caused by a decrease in peripheral vascular resistance...

used in calcium channel blocker toxicity as a rescue therapy for distributive shock unresponsive to first line agents. Evidence for its use in this circumstance...

occurs due to low circulating volume of fluids in the blood vessels. Distributive shock, which can occur due to anaphylaxis or sepsis, results in widespread...

evaluating shock. This occurs in cardiogenic and obstructive shock. This is not observed in the other two types of shock, hypovolemic and distributive. Some...

medication that is used to treat hypotension resulting from septic shock or other distributive shock. It is a synthetic vasoconstrictor peptide that is identical...

battle trauma Circulatory shock, a medical emergency Cardiogenic shock, resulting from dysfunction of the heart Distributive shock, resulting from an abnormal...