What is the maximum pRBC volume you can transfuse when performing a manual exchange transfusion in an adult-sized patient with sickle cell disease?
Answer from: at Community Practice
It depends on how much hemodynamic stress the patient can tolerate and the rate of the phlebotomy. The rate is usually 30 minutes for every 500 cc whole blood, but may need to slow down in smaller-sized patients (e.g. 50 kg or less), patients with history of pre-syncope or syncope with phlebotomy, a...
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Very helpful. I particularly like the explanation ...