Fluid Overload

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• Fluid overload is an abnormal fluid state in which excess body fluid is not excreted efficiently, and can accumulate in peripheral tissues, lungs, or abdomen. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol
• Heart failure is commonly associated with fluid overload because it reduces kidney perfusion and disrupts the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone and anti-diuretic hormone systems. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol
• Fluid overload is harder to prevent than dehydration because it is often driven by underlying pathology rather than modifiable behaviour. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol
• Impaired oncotic pressure, such as from low albumin or sepsis, can prevent interstitial and intracellular fluid from returning to the vascular compartment, making excess fluid harder to remove. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol
• Treatment of fluid overload typically focuses on diuretics, sometimes combined with other medicines, to promote diuresis. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol
• Healthy kidneys can usually excrete excess fluid unless volume is excessive or disease disrupts excretion, but chronic kidney disease and acute kidney injury impair fluid removal. — Assessment and maintenance of normal fluid status in older people living in care homes: a scoping review protocol