excess Liquid volume

excess Liquid volume:

State in which an individual experiences vascular dehydration, cellular or intracellular, associated with a failure of compensatory mechanisms.

Related factors:
– Failure of regulatory mechanisms.
– Excessive fluid intake.
– Excessive sodium intake.

Features:
Edema.
Diarrhea.
Anasarca.
– Weight gain.
– Intake greater than the stool.
– Third heart sound.
– Congestion.
– Changing breathing pattern.
– Changes in pulmonary artery pressure.
– Oliguria.
– Restlessness, anxiety.

 

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