Physical Diagnosis - Volume depletion or dehydration commonly leads to hypovolemia ?
It depends on the age of the patient.
Children younger than 5 years old suffer from hypovolemia due to volume depletion without dehydration.Occurs due to excessive extrinsic loss of fluids from diarrhea, vomiting and increase in sensible losses of water. Intravascular sodium levels are within the reference range. Indicating isonatremic volume depletion. The entire plasma pool is contained with solute such as sodium.Water / solvent is lost in proportionate amount.
This happens, as children younger than 5 years old, will loss fluid more significantly and rapidly since the turnover of fluids and solutes can be three times of that adults.
It depends on the age of the patient.
Children younger than 5 years old suffer from hypovolemia due to volume depletion without dehydration.Occurs due to excessive extrinsic loss of fluids from diarrhea, vomiting and increase in sensible losses of water. Intravascular sodium levels are within the reference range. Indicating isonatremic volume depletion. The entire plasma pool is contained with solute such as sodium.Water / solvent is lost in proportionate amount.
This happens, as children younger than 5 years old, will loss fluid more significantly and rapidly since the turnover of fluids and solutes can be three times of that adults.