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  • What is the main difference between a patient presentation in septic versus hypovolemic shock? To my understanding, the main difference is fever and warm, dry skin present in septic shock, while no fever and cool dry skin in hypovolemic. Am I correct?

Shock is a clinical syndrome characterized by inadequate tissue perfusion that results in end-organ dysfunction. Distributive shock results from excessive vasodilation and the impaired distribution of blood flow. Septic shock is the most common form of distributive shock and has a high mortality rate. It is due to the presence of bacteria in the blood stream causing sepsis. Sepsis is usually accompanied by fever which leads to warm, dry skin.

Hypovolemic shock (intravascular volume loss) on the other hand, is due to low blood volume usually related to blood loss and is typically associated with cool, dry skin.

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