TABLE 1.
Median (range) | |
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Treatment time (minutes) | 242 (144‐302) |
Calculated patient plasma volume (mL) | 382 (170‐1208) |
Percentage of replacement solution as fresh frozen plasma (%) per TPE session | 100 (40‐100) |
Percent patient blood volume in extracorporeal circuit (%) | 27.4 (10‐66) |
Plasma removed (mL) | 544 (324‐1637) |
Plasma volumes exchanged per TPE session | 1.4 (1‐1.8) |
Total plasma volumes exchanged per dog over all treatments | 4.4 (4.0‐3.9) |
Packed cell volume pre‐TPE (%) | 20 (17‐32) |
Serum ionized calcium concentration pre‐TPE (mEq/L; RR, 1.3‐1.46 mEq/L) | 1.28 (1.18‐1.32) |
Serum ionized calcium concentration post‐TPE (mEq/L; RR, 1.3‐1.46 mEq/L) | 1.24 (1‐1.5) |
Abbreviations: RR, reference range; TPE, therapeutic plasma exchange.