blood volume
Britishnoun
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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 ● Jan. 21, 2025
Two main techniques are used: imaging photoplethysmography, detecting blood volume changes, and periodic movement extraction, measuring heart and respiratory rates from body movements; both have been validated in nonhuman primates but have certain limitations.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024
For one thing, blood volume increases during pregnancy because the body is working overtime to supply the fetus with the oxygen and nutrients it needs to develop.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 6, 2023
And it didn’t seem to be a problem with blood volume, because giving him fluids never helped.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
We know today that blood volume is about one-fifteenth to one-seventeenth the body weight of an adult.
From Bloodletting Instruments in the National Museum of History and Technology by Appel, Toby
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