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. 2020 Jun 19;34(4):1576–1581. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15836

TABLE 1.

Treatment parameters during 12 TPE sessions in 4 dogs with median (range)

Median (range)
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.