Diseases

Shock

A pathological condition manifested by failure to perfuse or oxygenate vital organs.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A pathological condition manifested by failure to perfuse or oxygenate vital organs.

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Synonyms

6 entry terms
  • Circulatory Collapse
  • Circulatory Failure
  • Collapse, Circulatory
  • Failure, Circulatory
  • Hypovolemic Shock
  • Shock, Hypovolemic

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Aspects Covered

35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; prefer specifics; therapy of shock = SHOCK / ther, not SHOCK THERAPY see CONVULSIVE THERAPY

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Tree Number

  1. C23.550.835w

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NLM Classification

QZ 140

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Shock. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012769. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012769
  2. Shock. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_(circulatory)
  3. Shock. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q178061