TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF PRELOAD RESPONSIVENESS A1 - Levitov, Alexander B. A1 - Marik, Paul E. A2 - Levitov, Alexander B. A2 - Mayo, Paul H. A2 - Slonim, Anthony D. PY - 2015 T2 - Critical Care Ultrasonography, 2e AB - Shock (hemodynamic failure) is ubiquitous in the modern intensive care unit (ICU). Venodilation, transudation of fluid from the vascular space into the interstitium and increased insensible losses will all result in hypovolemia in the course of patients with sepsis. Absolute hypovolemia is defined as a reduction of total circulating blood volume, while relative hypovolemia is an inadequate distribution of blood volume between the central and peripheral compartments. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/20 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1125015528 ER -