distributive shock

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Related to distributive shock: hypovolemic shock, cardiogenic shock, Neurogenic shock

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distributive shock - shock caused by poor distribution of the blood flow

shock - (pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac output and rapid heartbeat and circulatory insufficiency and pallor; "loss of blood is an important cause of shock"

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Release date- 29082019 - SAN DIEGO - La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Nasdaq: LJPC), a leader in the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative therapies intended to significantly improve outcomes in patients suffering from life-threatening diseases, today announced that the European Commission (EC) has approved GIAPREZA (angiotensin II) for the treatment of refractory hypotension in adults with septic or other distributive shock who remain hypotensive despite adequate volume restitution and application of catecholamines and other available vasopressor therapies.

La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Receives European Commission Approval for GIAPREZA

ALSO HIGHER: La Jolla (LJPC), up 8% after announcing that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use, or CHMP, adopted a positive opinion for La Jolla's marketing authorization application for Giapreza for the treatment of refractory hypotension in adults with septic or other distributive shock. DOWN AFTER EARNINGS: Smart Global (SGH), down 2%.

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A STUDY ON AETIOLOGY AND OUTCOME OF SHOCK IN CHILDREN

Another example of new codes in Table XWO is Giapreza, an FDA-approved synthetic human angiotensin II used to raise the critically low blood pressure in a patient with septic or other distributive shock, which can affect blood flow to vital organs.

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M2 EQUITYBITES-June 25, 2018-EMA launches review of La Jolla's GIAPREZA for septic and other distributive shock

EMA launches review of La Jolla's GIAPREZA for septic and other distributive shock