What are the four types of shock?
a. Multiple organ, cardiogenic, renal, and anaphylactic
b. Cardiogenic, renal, hypovolemic, and sep-tic
c. Renal, hypervolemic, obstructive shock, and neurogenic
d. Hypovolemic, cardiogenic, obstructive shock, and vasogenic
D
The four large categories of shock are hypovolemic (low-circulating volume), cardiogenic (low-cardiac output), obstructive (occluded vascular pathway), and vasogenic (massive vasodila-tion).
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