When a patient loses excessive amounts of fluids, we say that they are in a state of hypovolemia.
The most obvious cause of hypovolemia is from bleeding.
Bleeding can be internal or external and caused by trauma, pathology, or iatrogenic.
Classic signs & symptoms of hypovolemic shock.
Volume replacement with crystalloids vs blood.
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