Hypotension or shock - neurogenic
Description
- Distributive shock from acute spinal cord injury above T6 disrupting sympathetic outflow -> loss of vascular tone and cardiac sympathetic drive
- Distinct from spinal shock (transient loss of all cord function/reflexes below the lesion) - can coexist but are different phenomena
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