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Third Spacing
(redirected from Third Spacing of Fluids)

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Third Spacing
A popular verb for haemorrhage or other accumulation of fluids into the so-called 3rd space or physiologic compartment, the interstitial space between the skin and fascia that isn’t normally perfused with fluids
Examples Skin in severe burns, peritoneum in pancreatitis

third spacing
Medtalk A popular verb for hemorrhage or other accumulation of fluids into the so-called 3rd space or physiologic compartment, the interstitial space between the skin and fascia


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