Description : Shock can best be defined as: A. Hypotension. B. Hypoperfusion of tissues. C. Hypoxemia. D. All of the above.
Last Answer : Answer: B DISCUSSION: Shock, no matter what the cause, is a syndrome associated with tissue hypoperfusion. Tissue hypoperfusion leads to tissue hypoxia, which may or may not be due to hypoxemia ... of shock and, therefore, is not a good clinical indicator of the presence of tissue hypoperfusion