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Shock - Prevention

Prevención:

Aprenda formas de prevenir las enfermedades cardíacas, las caídas, las lesiones, la deshidratación y otras causas de shock. Si usted tiene una alergia conocida (por ejemplo, a picaduras o mordeduras de insectos), lleve consigo un estuche de epinefrina, que el médico le enseñará cómo y dónde usar.

Una vez que una persona haya entrado en shock, cuanto antes reciba el tratamiento, menor será el daño que pueda haber en sus órganos vitales, como riñones, hígado y cerebro. Los primeros auxilios y la ayuda médica urgente pueden ayudar a salvar una vida.

Shock

Reviewed last on: 1/10/2010
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Jones AE, Kline JA. Shock. In: Marx JA, ed. Rosen’s Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice. 7th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 4.

Parrillo JE. Approach to the patient with shock. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 107.

Maier RV. Approach to the patient with shock. In: Fauci AS, Harrison TR, eds. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 17th ed. New York, NY: McGraw Hill; 2008:chap 264.

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