clear; clc; // Illustration 1.3 // Page: 9 printf('Illustration 1.3 - Page:9 \n\n'); //*****Data*****// // Blood contains two parts a-blood cells b-plasma f_a = 45; // [percent of blood cells by volume] f_b = 55; // [percent of plasma by volume] r = 1200; // [Rate of blood which is pumped through artificial kidney, mL/minute] m_urine = 1540; // [mass of urine collected, g] x_u = 1.3; // [urea concentration, percent by weight] // Data for sample of blood plasma c_urea = 155.3; // [mg/dL] d = 1.0245; // [specfic gravity of plasma] //*****// printf('Illustration 1.3 (a) - Page:9 \n\n'); // Solution (a) // Basis: 4 hours // Assuming that the rate of formation and decomposition of urea during the procedure is negligible and that no urea is removed by the patient’s kidneys // Therefore urea in “clean” blood = urea in “dirty” blood - urea in urine m_u = m_urine*(x_u/100); // [mass of urea in urine, g] // total volume of plasma that flows through the artificial kidney in 4 hours V_b = r*60*(f_b/100)*(1/100)*4; // [dL] // urea in dirty blood from given plasma concentration m_ud = c_urea*(1/1000)*V_b; // [g] // urea removal efficiency n = (m_u/m_ud)*100; printf("Urea removal efficiency is %f\n\n",n); printf('Illustration 1.3 (b) - Page:10 \n\n'); // Solution (b) m_uc = m_ud-m_u; // [mass of urea on clean blood, g] m_p = d*100*V_b; // [Mass of plasma entering, g] m_rem = m_p-m_urine; // [Mass of plasma remaining, g] V_brem = m_rem/(d*100); // [Volume of plasma remaining, dL] c_y = (m_uc*1000)/V_brem; // [urea concentration in remaining plasma, mg/dL] printf("urea concentration in the plasma of the cleansed blood is %f mg/dL",c_y);