A female patient being seen in an outpatient clinic states she is having excessive menstruation and reports saturating four peri-pads per day. The nurse estimates the blood loss for this patient as ______ mL per day
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
200
The average amount of blood loss via menstruation is less than 80 mL. Each saturated pad or tampon is equal to about 50 mL of blood loss. Therefore, this patient is losing approximately 200 mL of blood per day.
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