hypovolemia
Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body. This may be due to either a loss of both salt and water or a decrease in blood volume. Hypovolemia refers to the loss of extracellular fluid and should not be confused with dehydration.
Key facts
- Medical condition (new).name
- Hypovolemia
- Medical condition (new).synonyms
- Oligemia, hypovolaemia, oligaemia, hypovolæmia, volume depletion
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- Capillary microcirculation.svg
- Medical condition (new).caption
- A diagram showing the formation of interstitial fluid from the bloodstream
- Medical condition (new).field
- Emergency medicine
- Medical condition (new).symptoms
- Headache, fatigue, nausea, profuse sweating, dizziness
- Medical condition (new).complications
- Cardiac arrest, hypovolemic shock
- Medical condition (new).differential
- Dehydration
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Research
7,273 papers- Hyponatremia.The New England journal of medicine · 2000
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Signs and symptoms
- Causes
- Kidney
- Other
- Pathophysiology
- Diagnosis
- Examination
- Stages
- Treatment
- Field care
- Hospital treatment
- History
- See also
- References
Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body. This may be due to either a loss of both salt and water or a decrease in blood volume. Hypovolemia refers to the loss of extracellular fluid and should not be confused with dehydration.
Hypovolemia is caused by a variety of events, but these can be simplified into two categories: those that are associated with kidney function and those that are not.