Burn shock

The majority of burn shocks are secondary shocks, which usually occur in the first hours or more than ten hours after burns. They are hypovolemic shocks because a large amount of plasma in the injured area leaks from the capillaries to the wound and tissue Gap, resulting in reduced effective circulating blood volume.

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