Estimating blood volume in obese and morbidly obese patients

Preoperative assessment of blood volume (BV) is important for patients undergoing surgery. The mean value for indexed blood volume ((In)BV) in normal weight adults is 70 mL/kg. Since (In)BV decreases in a non-linear manner with increasing weight, this value cannot be used for obese and morbidly obes...

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Published inObesity surgery Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 773 - 776
Main Authors Lemmens, Harry J M, Bernstein, Donald P, Brodsky, Jay B
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer Nature B.V 01.06.2006
Subjects
Blood Volume - physiology
Body Mass Index
Humans
Obesity
Obesity - physiopathology
Obesity, Morbid - physiopathology
Weight control
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Summary:Preoperative assessment of blood volume (BV) is important for patients undergoing surgery. The mean value for indexed blood volume ((In)BV) in normal weight adults is 70 mL/kg. Since (In)BV decreases in a non-linear manner with increasing weight, this value cannot be used for obese and morbidly obese patients. We present an equation that allows estimation of (In)BV over the entire range of body weights.
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ISSN:0960-8923
1708-0428
DOI:10.1381/096089206777346673