Present-Day Concepts of Shock

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Therapeutic Considerations Blood replacement and surgery. Among the important advances in the management of wound-shock is the establishment of the principle that the surgical treatment of the wound is an integral feature of the therapy of shock.22 Therefore, an immediate objective of blood-volume replacement is to bring the patient into condition for surgery, so as to terminate blood loss, control the spread of infection and permit recovery. This point of view led to a reorganization of medical facilities for the care of the severely wounded on the field, with the elimination of separate centers of "resuscitation."The many studies . . .
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