Your patient has a decrease in his CVP, PCWP, and CO, with an increased HR following a laceration to his liver in a motor vehicle crash. Which shock state is he experiencing?

a. Septic shock
b. Hypovolemic shock
c. Neurogenic shock
d. Cardiogenic shock


ANS: B

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