hypovolemia

Thân thiện

A patient receives an intravenous fluid drip to treat hypovolemia.

Definition

Noun: A medical condition characterized by an abnormally low volume of circulating blood in the body. This is a reduction in the total amount of blood plasma and cells, which can lead to inadequate oxygen delivery to tissues and organs.

Usage

This is a technical medical term. It is used to describe a specific clinical state, typically resulting from severe bleeding (hemorrhage), dehydration, burns, or other fluid losses. It is a critical diagnosis in emergency and surgical medicine.

Examples

• The patient's trauma from the car accident resulted in significant hypovolemia, requiring an immediate blood transfusion.
• Severe diarrhea and vomiting can cause hypovolemia due to the loss of bodily fluids.
• The doctor suspected hypovolemia when the patient presented with rapid heart rate, low blood pressure, and dizziness upon standing.

Advanced Usage

• Hypovolemic shock: This is a severe, life-threatening stage of hypovolemia where the low blood volume causes a critical drop in blood pressure and blood flow, leading to organ failure.
  • The primary goal in treating a major burn victim is to prevent hypovolemic shock by administering intravenous fluids.

Variants and Related Words

• Hypovolemic (adjective): Describing something related to or suffering from hypovolemia.
  • The patient was in a hypovolemic state.

Synonyms

• Oligemia (a less common synonym with the same meaning)
• Volume depletion (a broader, sometimes interchangeable term, though it can also refer specifically to low fluid volume without a loss of blood cells)

Antonyms

• Hypervolemia: A medical condition characterized by an abnormally high volume of blood in the circulatory system.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Từ đồng nghĩa

• hypovolaemia