Lupus and autoimmune shock: Use of intravenous gammaglobulin. Case report and proposal for a new designation

• Main Authors: Hernández Bautista Victor Manuel (Author), Stamatelos Albarrán Daniela (Author), Vázquez García Rubén Ernesto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Shock is a state of hypotension and hypoperfusion which in turn leads to cellular dysfunction, neuroendocrine responses, inflam- matory mediator release, and alterations of the microcirculation. There are various ways of classifying tissue perfusion failure. A simple method is dividing them into a d...