United States presidential transition. United States presidential transition is the transfer of federal executive branch power from the incumbent President of the United States to the president-elect, during the period of time between election day in November (on the first Tuesday after November 1), and inauguration day on the following January 20.
endotoxic shock. Septic shock due to release of endotoxins by gram-negative bacteria. Endotoxins are lipopolysaccharides in the cell walls that are released during both reproduction and destruction of the bacteria.
Neurogenic Shock. Neurogenic shock is a type of shock caused by the sudden loss of the autonomic nervous system signals to the smooth muscle in vessel walls. This results in loss of background sympathetic stimulation, which is responsible for maintenence of tone of blood vessels.