Cocchi et al listed conditions that should be considered when evaluating a trauma patient with shock. The authors are from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Indiana University, and Harvard School of Medicine.
Patient selection: trauma-related shock
Differential diagnosis:
(1) cardiac tamponade
(2) tension pneumothorax
(3) pulmonary embolism
(4) cardiac contusion
(5) acute coronary syndrome
(6) septic shock
(7) adrenal insufficiency
(8) hemorrhagic/hypovolemic shock
(9) spinal cord injury with neurogenic shock
(10) anaphylaxis
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