After a cervical spinal cord injury, a client has hypotension with bradycardia and warm, dry skin. This assessment is most consistent with which condition?

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B. Neurogenic shock — Neurogenic shock results from loss of sympathetic tone after spinal cord injury, causing vasodilation (warm skin) and unopposed vagal tone (bradycardia) with hypotension.

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A. Hypovolemic shock

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C. Septic shock

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D. Cardiogenic shock