Shock, NOS: Difference between revisions
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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
Includes | '''Includes''' | ||
* Neurogenic shock | * Neurogenic shock | ||
* Obstructive shock-caused by a physical obstruction in the flow of blood. Obstruction can occur at the level of the great vessels or the heart itself. Causes include pulmonary embolism, cardiac tamponade, and tension pneumothorax. | * Obstructive shock-caused by a physical obstruction in the flow of blood. Obstruction can occur at the level of the great vessels or the heart itself. Causes include pulmonary embolism, cardiac tamponade, and tension pneumothorax. | ||
* Distributive shock, also known as vasodilatory shock eg. anaphylactic shock | * Distributive shock, also known as vasodilatory shock eg. anaphylactic shock | ||
* Vasoplegic shock (VS), synonymous with distributive shock, is a significant circulatory perturbation that is best described as vasoplegia with evidence of tissue hypoperfusion which may be accompanied with hyperlactataemia that is not post operative or due to septic shock. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||