Hemorrhagic shock is a life-threatening condition which continues to claim the lives of patients with major trauma all over the world, especially in middle- and low-income countries. However, there is very limited incidence exists with respect to the Indian population. This article covers a study which has evaluated the gender-based outcome of patients with Class IV hemorrhagic shock due to blunt trauma and the distribution of factors among males and females which are known to affect outcome Hemorrhagic shock is the leading cause of potentially preventable death among trauma patients.
Early recognition of trauma-hemorrhagic shock (THS) followed by timely and appropriate intervention can save many lives. Much evidence has been accumulated for a sexual dimorphism in host defense after trauma, hemorrhage, and sepsis in experimental animals. The main objective of this study was therefore to…
