Purpose: To estimate the allowable blood loss for a patient having colloid volume replacement using the equations of Bourke and Smith.			Citations with documentation. 05.01.08	Sriram & Svirbely 2000
conversion to metric	enter
body weight in pounds		pounds equals	81.82	kilograms
data	enter
Are you evaluating a patient who is bleeding and who is to be replaced with colloid solutions? (Y or N)		:-):-):-)
patient's age in years		years
patient's gender (enter M or F)		:-):-):-)
body weight in kilograms		kilograms
initial hematocrit (enter as a percent from 0 to 100)		percent		0.45
final allowable hematocrit (enter as a percent from 0 to 100)		percent		0.34
calculated	results
data complete?	Yes
evaluation appropriate?	Yes	:-):-):-)
estimated blood volume by body weight	5,016	mL
allowable loss in mL by equation 1	1,406	mL
allowable loss in mL by equation 2	1,437	mL