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. 2007 Jul;5(3):164–174. doi: 10.2450/2007.0032-07

Table V.

Instructions for calculating the volume of donor red cells necessary to obtain the desired final haematocrit and residual concentration of haemoglobin S after a three-step red cell exchange

Cell Text to be entered
A1 Kinetics of continuous flow red cell exchange – non-isovolumetric
A3 Patient’s blood volume (mL)
A4 Patient’s initial venous haematocrit (%)
A5 Correction factor for the body haematocrit
A6 Haematocrit of the removed blood (%)
A7 Haematocrit of the transfused blood (%)
A8 Initial concentration of HbS (%)
A9 Desired final concentration of HbS (%)
A10 Desired final haematocrit (%)
A11 Minimum allowed haematocrit (%)
A13 Patient’s initial red cell volume (mL)
A14 Volume of patient’s red cells to be removed in the first phase (mL)
A15 Volume of donor red cell concentrate to be exchanged in the second phase (mL)
A16 Volume of donor red cell concentrate to be transfused at the end (mL)
A17 Total volume of donor red cell concentrate needed for the exchange (mL)
Value to be entered
B3 Blood volume of the patient (mL), e.g. 4,500
B4 Initial haematocrit of the patient, e.g. 30
B5 Correction factor for body haematocrit: 0.91
B6 Haematocrit of the removed blood (%), e.g. 80
B7 Haematocrit of the transfused blood (%), e.g. 60
B8 Initial concentration of HbS (%), e.g. 70
B9 Desired final concentration of HbS (%), e.g. 30
B10 Desired final haematocrit (%), e.g. 33
B11 Minimum allowed haematocrit (%), e.g. 25
Formula to be entered
B13 =B3*B4/100*B5
B14 =B3*B5/B6*100*(B4/100−B11/100)
B15 = − B3*B5*B11/B7*LN(B10/B11*B9/B8)
B16 =B3*B5/B7*100*(B10/100−B11/100)
B17 =B3*B5/B7*100*(B10/100−B11/100*(1+LN(B10/B11*B9/B8)))