Abstract
The authors present a theoretical model which aims to describe a patient's plasmatic clearance and variations of blood volume induced by plasmapheresis. Three tables are presented which with reference to variations of Ht and blood volume, show: the subtraction of blood volume and plasma separated at any cycle; the fraction of plasmatic clearance at any plasmapheresis cycle; the number of cycles needed to reduce the residual patient plasma to 30% of the total circulating plasma. The tables allow an approximate avaluation of the quantity of frozen plasma needed for the treatment.
| Translated title of the contribution | A quantitative approach to plasmapheresis |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 13-19 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Anestesia e Rianimazione |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Publication status | Published - 1976 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine