A Patient Is Admitted with a Brain and Spinal Cord

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