hypovolemia , auch: hypovolaemia

The most common cause of hypovolemia is diarrhea or vomiting.

Hypovolemia is specifically a decrease in volume of blood plasma.

More serious hypovolemia should be assessed by a physician.

In severe hypovolemia, the neck veins may not be distended.

Orthostatic vital signs are often used as an indicator of hypovolemia.

Patients may present with hypovolemia or be in circulatory shock because of internal bleeding.

The opposite condition is hypovolemia, which is too little fluid volume in the blood.

The family is helpless, and Fengxia dies from hypovolemia.

Volume contraction is sometimes even used synonymously with hypovolemia.

Basically, hypovolemia is the culprit that prevents correction of the hypercalcemia.

Hypovolemia: A lack of circulating body fluids, principally blood volume.

Rapid correction of hypovolemia is the first priority.

This form of relative hypovolemia is the result of blood vessel dilation.

Such factors include hypovolemia, diseases, medications, or, very rarely, safety harnesses.

Note that in children, compensation can result in an artificially high blood pressure despite hypovolemia.

Hypovolemia is a direct loss of effective circulating blood volume leading to:

Other, secondary symptoms include hypotension (low blood pressure), hypovolemia, and tachycardia.

A secondary hyperaldosteronism develops due to the hypovolemia.

Boys with salt-wasting disease present early with symptoms of hyponatremia and hypovolemia.

Blood transfusions are given as needed to correct anemia and hypotension secondary to hypovolemia.

One possibility is that hypovolemia contributes to the problem, and that rehydration therapy could be of benefit.

The operation involved cauterizing arteries and veins carefully while the head was being severed to prevent hypovolemia.

Blood transfusions coupled with surgical repair are the definitive treatment for hypovolemia caused by trauma.

A proportion of cases of hyponatremia feature neither hyper- nor hypovolemia.

Typically, clinical signs are due to hypovolemia after the tumor ruptures, causing extensive bleeding.