NephApps (a division of PulmApps)

Version Alpha

Nephrology-specific clinical tools for the busy clinician

Plasma Volume Calculator
         

Weight (kg, lbs )
Height (cm, in )
HCT (%)


 
MethodTBV (L)PV (L)1.5 PV (L)
Nadler000
Rossi000
Kaplan000

TBV = total blood volume
PV = plasma volume = TBV x (1-HCT)

References

Nadler's
Male: 0.3669 × Height3 + 0.03219 × Weight + 0.6041
Female: 0.3561 × Height3 + 0.03308 × Weight + 0.1833
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21936146

Kaplan's
EPV = [0.065 x wt(kg)]
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2252761

Rossi's
Males TBV = 70 mL/kg * wt(kg)
Females TBV = 65 mL/kg * wt(kg)
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781444303513.ch42/summary