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Plasma volume nomograms for use in therapeutic plasma exchange
Author(s) -
BUFFALOE GEORGE W.,
HEINEKEN FRED G.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
transfusion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.045
H-Index - 132
eISSN - 1537-2995
pISSN - 0041-1132
DOI - 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1983.23483276879.x
Subject(s) - nomogram , plasma volume , hematocrit , therapeutic plasma exchange , plasma , continuous flow , volume (thermodynamics) , medicine , plasma concentration , surgery , mechanics , thermodynamics , physics , quantum mechanics
Nomograms have been developed for the convenient estimation of the plasma volumes of patients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE), based on equations employing height, body weight, and hematocrit. These nomograms are offered as an aid to prescribing continuous‐flow TPE procedure exchange volumes.