• DocumentCode
    3498807
  • Title

    Computer simulation of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration

  • Author

    Bottari, W. ; Gnudi, G. ; Tovoli, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Bologna Univ., Italy
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    4-7 Nov. 1988
  • Firstpage
    1314
  • Abstract
    A simple mathematical model is presented for continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH). It has been implemented in MS-BASIC on an IBM PC. Given the arterial and venous pressures as well as arterial blood hematocrit and plasma proteins, the computer program calculates the steady-state values that various hemodynamic quantities will assume in the extracorporeal circuit during the application of CAVH. The results obtained indicate that the proposed model reproduces with sufficient approximation the experimental behavior of the CAVH system when mean arterial pressure and blood flow are lower than about 90 mmHg and 150 ml/min, respectively.<>
  • Keywords
    biorheology; blood; digital simulation; filtration; medical computing; patient treatment; IBM PC; MS-BASIC; arterial blood hematocrit; computer simulation; continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration; extracorporeal circuit; mathematical model; plasma proteins;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1988. Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0785-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEMBS.1988.95113
  • Filename
    95113