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Table 3 Pre-treatment and post-treatment plasma values of pCai, pCa total, the ratio pCa total/pCai, pH and bicarbonates (mean ± SD))

From: A new prescription model for regional citrate anticoagulation in therapeutic plasma exchanges

 

Pre-treatment (t0’)

Post-treatment

pCai (mmol/l)

1.00 ± 0.1

1.02 ± 0.07

pCa total (mmol/l)

2.04 ± 0.14

2.58 ± 0.25

pCa total/pCai

-

2.53 ± 0.28

pH

7.47 ± 0.05

7.48 ± 0.04

Bicarbonate (mmol/l)

26.4 ± 4.9

27.6 ± 5.5

  1. pCai, patient ionized plasma calcium; pCa total, patient plasma total calcium