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VALDES DACAL, Sigfrido; GONZALEZ JIMENEZ, Lianne  e  SAAVEDRA MOREDO, Daymí. Hipovolemic shock. Institional experience. AMC [online]. 2002, vol.6, suppl.2, pp. 813-819. ISSN 1025-0255.

A cross - sectional, descriptive study was performed at the provincial maternity hospital of Camagüey, from January 1st , 2000 to December 31 st of the same year. The work universe was composed of 64 women with this affection. A survey was applied, it was obtained that this accident was more frequent in the age group from 26 to 30 years with 42, 1 % proceded in the 48, 4 % for an eutocic delivery; uterine atomy and ectopic pregnancy were the main causes, the losing of 1, 000 to 1,500 the most frequent with 35, 9 %, obstetric hysterectomy was performed in 18, 7 % without the ocurrence of maternal deaths in this period. Concluding, we may state that this process in desvastating and only an adequate prevention reposition is important.

Palavras-chave : SHOCK.