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fluid overload

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fluid overload,
an excessive accumulation of fluid in the body caused by excessive parenteral infusion or deficiencies in cardiovascular or renal fluid volume regulation. Compare circulatory overload, hypervolemia.

fluid overload
Hypervolemia, plethora Medtalk A systemic excess of fluids. Cf Volume depletion.


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Patients suffering from fluid overload may now have excess fluid removed with a treatment called ultrafiltration, during which a specified amount of salt and water fluids is extracted from a patient's blood at a controlled rate, removing up to four liters of excess fluid in up to an eight-hour period.
Monitor your hypertensive patient with renal disease for fluid overload.
But he added: "It has not been possible to obtain evidence from an independent medical expert that, more likely than not, it was the fluid overload that caused your spinal lesion.
 
 
 
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