Friday, 14 December 2012

Haemofiltration


 Regarding the physiological principles underlying haemofiltration

(a) the pore size of the membrane allows molecules up to 50, 000 daltons to pass through
(b) an ultrafiltrate of up to 1000 ml per hour can be formed
(c) plasma water is removed by convective flow
(d) the buffer of choice is bicarbonate in very low concentrations
(e) transmembrane potential equals hydrostatic pressure oncotic pressure



(a) true (b) true (c) true (d) false (e) true

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