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Accurate bedside assessment of blood volume is critical to prevent morbidity and mortality associated with volume deficit or fluid overload in intensive care patients.
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Accurate bedside measurement of blood volume is highlighted as a critical need for managing critically ill patients to avoid complications of both hypovolemia and fluid overload.
Accurate assessment of volume status of the critically care ill patients in the intensive care unit is a challenging task facing intensivits each day. Failure to correct the volume deficit in patients with shock is known to significantly increase the morbidity and mortality in these patients 1 . On the other hand, fluid overload may cause worsening pulmonary edema, worsening hypoxemia, and deleterious effect in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome 2 . Assessment of volume status becomes even more complicated when caring for patients with congestive heart failure, pulmonary arterial hypertension, renal failure, and cirrhosis.
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A 2007 study conducted an editorial in Critically ill patients. Measurement of Blood Volume at Bedside was evaluated. Accurate bedside assessment of blood volume is critical to prevent morbidity and mortality associated with volume deficit or fluid overload in intensive care patients.
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