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Mr. L. is admitted to the trauma unit with multisystem injuries from an automobile accident. He arrived at the unit with multiple abnormal findings, including shock from blood loss, decreased cardiac output, and urine output of less than 30 mL/hr. Which route of administration would you expect to be the best choice for this patient? Explain your answer.
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Trauma is an accident and it leads to huge blood loss. This makes the patient fatal and may be critically ill. Any sort of drug which is administered to the trauma patient that should be with at most care. Because the drug should easily create response its target actions. Generally, drugs are administered through several routes like intravenous, intradermal, sublingual, and topical.
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