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You are working in the emergency department (ED) of a community hospital when the ambulance arrives with A.N., an 1818-year-old woman who was caught in a house fire. She was sleeping when the fire started and managed to make her way out of the house through thick smoke. The emergency medical system crew initiated humidified oxygen at 15 L/min15 \mathrm{~L} / \mathrm{min} per nonrebreather mask and started a 1616-gauge IV with lactated Ringer's solution. On arrival to the ED, her vital signs are 100/66,125,34100/66, 125, 34, SaO293%\mathrm{SaO}_2 93 \%. An additional 1616-gauge IV is inserted. She appears anxious and in pain.

Eighteen hours after the injury, the NAP reports these vital signs for A.N. and states that the urine output for the past hour was 2020 mL.

 Vital Signs  Blood pressure 90/50 mmHg Heart rate 110 beats /min Respiratory rate 24 breaths /min\begin{aligned} &\text { Vital Signs }\\ &\begin{array}{ll} \text { Blood pressure } & 90 / 50 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg} \\ \text { Heart rate } & 110 \text { beats } / \mathrm{min} \\ \text { Respiratory rate } & 24 \text { breaths } / \mathrm{min} \end{array} \end{aligned}

What do you suspect is occurring, and why does this concern you?

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Given these vital signs, A.N. could be in a state of hypovolemia\textbf{hypovolemia}. This means that her body could be losing more fluids than what it is getting from the ongoing fluid resuscitation.

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