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blood volume

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noun

  1. med the total quantity of blood in the body

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They carefully accounted for the challenges of transplanting two organs at once, including differences in blood volume needs and electrolyte management during the operation.

From Science Daily

"We believe the reduced BBMs in obese individuals was due to dilution from the higher blood volume," said study lead author Soheil Mohammadi, M.D.,

From Science Daily

The condition is caused by abnormal connecting blood vessels in the twins' placenta which leads to an imbalanced blood flow from one twin, known as the donor, to the recipient twin, leaving one baby with a greater blood volume than the other.

From BBC

When you have a lower blood volume, your blood vessels don't expand as much as they normally would – ultimately lowering blood pressure.

From Salon

She was losing so much blood that she needed the equivalent of around three people's blood volume given back to her, says NHS Blood and Transplant.

From BBC