Case Study #7—Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure

Case Study #7—Hypovolemic Shock: Regulation of Blood Pressure

Question 1

Mrs. Byrne had a GI and she lost a significant volume of whole blood. However, it is difficult to picture blood pouring out of the arteries, which is known as the direct cause of her lowering arterial pressure and due to this, this explanation based on oversimplification. Therefore, in this regard, different intervening steps are involved in the question. It has been observed that capacitance in veins in comparatively high, thus, most of blood volume contained in the veins, and not in the arteries. Therefore, when ...