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Consumption of sufficient amounts of fruit and vegetables are recommended as part of a healthy diet. Fruit and vegetables may reduce chronic diseases and more specifically, coronary heart disease (CHD) by means of their protective constituents such as potassium, folate, vitamins, fiber, and other phenolic compounds. These nutrients act through a variety of mechanisms, such as reducing antioxidant stress, improving lipoprotein profile, lowering blood pressure, increasing insulin sensitivity, and improving hemostasis regulation . However, the recommendation to eat fruit and vegetables to prevent chronic diseases is mainly based on observational epidemiological studies.

Fluid/blood replacement
Blood – in haemorrhagic shock
Complication – temperature change, coagulation defect, metabolic acidosis/alkalosis,
Red cell concentration
Crystalloid solutions – saline,
Colloidal solution – Dextrans, albumin,

Oxygen delivery to tissue

Can monitor by p02 or pulse-oximetry.
Heart rate and stroke volume.
Gas exchange in the lungs – airway obstruction, restriction…etc.

Mechanical ventilation
Intermittent positive-pressure ventilation – commonly use
Indicate
Acute respiratory failure – asthma
Acute ventilatory failure – myasthenia gravis
Head injury
Trauma in the chest
Coma with breathing difficulties