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Hypovolemia
Decrease in the total blood volume. It may result from blood loss just before or during delivery, hemorrhage (bleeding) after birth, or the frequent withdrawal of the infant’s blood for laboratory analysis.
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Date Last Modified: 08/27/2003 07:09