A Patient Is Admitted with a Brain and Spinal Cord

question 9

Multiple Choice

A patient is admitted with a brain and spinal cord injury secondary to a motor vehicle crash.The nurse is monitoring the patient for signs of neurogenic shock.Clinical findings in neurogenic shock are related to which pathophysiologic process?

• A) Loss of sympathetic nervous system innervation
• B) Parasympathetic nervous system stimulation
• C) Injury to the hypothalamus
• D) Focal injury to cerebral hemispheres

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