| 1. | The sodium retention leads to plasma volume expansion and elevated blood pressure.
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| 2. | This led to a series of experiments using C and D-shaped plasma volumes ..
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| 3. | HES is a plasma volume expander and is taken intravenously.
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| 4. | The substance expands plasma volume and is taken intravenously.
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| 5. | Isometsa, 32, tested positive for hydroxyethyl starch, or HES, a plasma volume expander taken intravenously.
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| 6. | As a result, approximately 12 % of blood plasma volume will cross into the extravascular compartment.
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| 7. | However, the plasma volume also is reduced, resulting in hypotension, circulatory insufficiency, and, eventually, fatal shock.
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| 8. | Osmotic diuretics works by expanding extracellular fluid and plasma volume, therefore increasing blood flow to the kidney.
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| 9. | However, plasma volume measurements suggested that more blood was disappearing from the circulation than could be accounted for.
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| 10. | This is thought to be due in part to increased circulating plasma volume in pregnancy and increased lipoprotein.
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