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Definition of Hypovolemia

1. Noun. A blood disorder consisting of a decrease in the volume of circulating blood.

Definition of Hypovolemia

1. Noun. A state of decreased blood volume. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Hypovolemia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mineral Requirements for Military Personnel: Levels Needed for Cognitive And by Food and Nutrition Board, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (2006)
"If sweat losses are not replaced then a body water deficit, or dehydration will occur. Both types of dehydration (hypertonic hypovolemia or ..."

2. Acute Perinatal Asphyxia in Term Infants: Report of the Workshopedited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz edited by Linda L. Wright, Gerald B. Merenstein, Deborah Hirtz (1997)
"... maternal hypotension, hypovolemia or shock; • Placental abruption with delayed delivery and hypoxic and hemodynamic effects involving the viscera but ..."

3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... hypovolemia, hypoxia and tachycardia. The detection of these ischémie events may allow identification of a subgroup of dialysis patients with a high ..."

4. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Fredric Solomon (1986)
"... due primarily to hypovolemia from dehydration or hemorrhage, the effects of exposure and exhaustion, and the impact of infection. ..."

5. Identifying Health Technologies That Work: Searching For Evidence by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"One study did report a decrease in unnecessary use of albumin therapy for hypovolemia in France with repeated distribution of a guideline (189). ..."

6. The U. S. Coal Industry, 1970-1990: Two Decades of Change (1992)
"Rehydration should be performed orally if the patient is conscious or, if unconscious, intravenously. Mild hypovolemia may be more common in diving than is ..."

7. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"About one- third of patients with ruptured tubal pregnancies experience syncope because of hypotension caused by hypovolemia. Signs of ectopic pregnancy, ..."

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