Defining Characteristics of Excess Fluid Volume
Defining Characteristics of Excess Fluid Volume Excess fluid volume is a condition where a person experiences or risk of the loss of intracellular or interstitial fluid. Signs and symptoms Rapid breathing due to the number of red blood cells / milliliter of blood were lower (dilution causes increased respiratory rate as compensation for both increased oxygenation). Dyspnea (shortness of breath and severe) due to the increased volume of fluid in the pleural cavity. Crackles (the sound of gurgling or bubbling on lung auscultation) due to increased hydrostatic pressure in the pulmonary capillaries. Rapid pulse due to increased cardiac contractility (due to overloaded circulation). Hypertension (unless it's been heart failure) due to circulatory overload (which causes an increase in mean arterial pressure). Distension of the neck veins due to increased blood volume and increased preload. Moist skin (as compensation to increase the excretion of water through perspiration). Acute weight