Mandelbrot et al reported an equation for estimating the volume to transfuse to a fetus. The authors are from Institut de Puericulture de Paris.
Parameters:
(1) fetoplacental blood volume
(2) fetal hematocrit
(3) target hematocrit
(4) hematocrit of blood product
(5) fetal platelet count
(6) target platelet count
(7) platelet count of blood volume
volume of blood product to transfuse in mL =
= (fetoplacental blood volume) * ((target level) - (fetal level)) / (level of blood product)
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Specialty: Clinical Laboratory
