Population
A 39-year-old man who attempted suicide by swallowing arsenic trioxide
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Profound hypotension may not indicate shock if perfusion signs are preserved; leaves open refinement of shock criteria.
This case highlights that profound hypotension does not always equate to physiologic shock if organ perfusion is maintained.
Eugene D. Jacobson (1968) studied this question.
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