Title: Effect of increasing the blood volume and right atrial pressure on the circulation of normal subjects by intravenous infusions
Abstract: M ANY observations on the effects of decreasing the blood volume in man have been reported, but much less information is available on the effects of increasing the blood volume. It is known that an increase in blood volume caused by the rapid intravenous administration of fluid will produce a rise in venous pressure. The effects of this rise in venous pressure on the cardiac output and the size of the heart are of considerable importance to the physician. If, as the venous pressure rises, the normal heart is dilated and the cardiac output greatly increased, this would indicate that a considerable strain was being placed upon the heart. Such a reaction might explain the poor tolerance of patients with heart failure to intravenous fluids.
Publication Year: 1948
Publication Date: 1948-02-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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