title: Shock, a clinical syndrome: an update. Part 2. The stages of shock.
abstract: This is the second of the four-part series on Shock. It covers the four stages of shock. They include the initial stage, the compensatory stage, the progressive stage, and the refractory stage.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rice
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D012769:Shock / Q000145:classification / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology*