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n. Excessive volume of blood in the body.

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  • This complication can lead to another, called hypervolemia, which is a vast decrease in blood plasma volume.
  • Even in these cases the entire circulation can often be restored to normal, with normal pulmonary arterial pressures and cardiac output reduced to normal values, by vigorous...
  •  Elevated CVPs may indicate hypervolemia, low CVP may indicate hypovolemia.
  • They can have increased blood volume and increased hypervolemia (i.e., flooding of the body).
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