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Injury whether caused by a road traffic accident, surgery or an infection presents a major challenge to the body’s homeostatic mechanisms. Indeed it can be argued that much of the acute general response to injury (shock) reflects the pattern of homoeostatic reflex responses to the local effects of injury.
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Little, R.A. (1986). Homeostatic Reflexes After Injury. In: Vincent, J.L. (eds) 6th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82801-0_64
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