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What is the most frequent cause of hypovolemic shock in children?
 
  a. Sepsis
  b. Blood loss
  c. Anaphylaxis
  d. Heart failure

Question 2

What clinical manifestation(s) should the nurse expect to see as shock progresses in a child and becomes decompensated shock?
 
  a. Thirst
  b. Irritability
  c. Apprehension
  d. Confusion and somnolence



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Blood loss is the most frequent cause of hypovolemic shock in children. Sepsis causes septic shock, which is overwhelming sepsis and circulating bacterial toxins. Anaphylactic shock results from extreme allergy or hypersensitivity to a foreign substance. Heart failure contributes to hypervolemia, not hypovolemia.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Confusion and somnolence are beginning signs of decompensated shock. Thirst, irritability, and apprehension are signs of compensated shock.



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