Third spacing, or anasarca, is also a type of hypovolemia
a. What type of hypovolemia is third spacing and what is it associated with?
b. How is third spacing treated or medically managed?
Students' answers should include the following:
a. Discussion should include translocation of fluid from intercellular or intravascular space into tissue or organs due to low albumin levels. Also included should be that this can be caused from poor nutrition, burns, severe allergic reactions, and long hospital stays, which alter capillary and cell membranes.
b. Discussion on treatments should include albumin and other medications to shift the fluid back into intravascular and intracellular spaces, so that shock and circulatory failure don't occur.
Discussion can also focus on signs and symptoms as well as laboratory findings in these clients.
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