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Plasmapheresis in nephrology: an update

Current Opinion in Nephrology & Hypertension, 2006
In the past, recommendations for the use of plasmapheresis were based on findings reported from pilot studies or anecdotes. New results from several randomized controlled trials have changed the indications for the use of plasma exchange.A large randomized controlled study of patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody associated vasculitis ...
Tahmina Rahman, Lorraine Harper
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Therapeutic plasmapheresis

Seminars in Veterinary Medicine and Surgery: Small Animal, 1997
Plasmapheresis is the process by which plasma containing components causing or thought to cause disease is removed from the circulation, and the remaining blood components are returned with plasma or a harmless plasma substitute to the donor. It primarily removes protein-bound solutes or high-molecular-weight solutes such as circulating protein-bound ...
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Plasmapheresis in the management of psoriasis

Archives of Dermatological Research, 1985
Comme la plasmapherese en impose beaucoup au malade, est couteuse et n'offre qu'une amelioration a court terme, elle n'est pas adaptee comme modalite therapeutique outre dans le traitement du ...
R. Schuster, M. Raff, R. Lenzhofer
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Volume Limitations of Plasmapheresis

Vox Sanguinis, 1977
Abstract. The published specifications of the acceptable limits of the maximum plasma volume to be ‘harvested’ by plasmapheresis from one individual per year vary from 10–15 liters in Europe to 50–60 liters in the United States. To answer the question which of these widely diverging precepts is appropriate, the effects of plasmapheresis on serum ...
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Plasmapheresis‐Related Hypotension

Artificial Organs, 2000
Abstract: Hypotension is an uncommon complication of procedures involving extracorporeal circulation, including plasmapheresis. From November 1993 to March 1999, we treated 139 patients who underwent a total of 1,137 sessions of double filtration plasmapheresis (DFP).
Hou-Chang Chiu, Jiann-Horng Yeh
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Plasmapheresis Therapy of Pemphigus

Archives of Dermatology, 1988
Systemic corticosteroids are the cornerstone of pemphigus therapy. Their use has transformed an almost invariably fatal illness into one whose mortality is less than 10%, probably closer to 5%. 1 However, the serious side effects associated with the prolonged and high doses of corticosteroids required to treat pemphigus have prompted a search for ...
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Unipuncture Membrane Plasmapheresis

Artificial Organs, 1983
Abstract: A simple method of plasma exchange is presented that uses a hollow‐fiber plasma filter together with conventional unipuncture dialysis equipment. The procedure was well tolerated for eight biweekly sessions in a patient with metastatic breast cancer.
Raymond Vanholder   +6 more
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Plasmapheresis for Psoriasis

Archives of Dermatology, 1982
To the Editor.— Some authors link psoriasis with the presence of autoantibodies and the absence of T suppressor cells. 1 Plasmapheresis by way of elution of such autoantibodies may serve as a possible mode of therapy in psoriasis. Subsequent to the observation of Dau 2 of the clearing of psoriasis after plasmapheresis, as well as our own observations ...
Sima Halevy   +3 more
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Plasmapheresis in Newborns with Hyperbilirubinemia

Artificial Organs, 1992
Abstract: With a miniaturized plasmapheresis system consisting of a double head pump and balancing pump, extracorporeal detoxification treatments such as plasmapheresis, hemofiltration, and hernodialysis were carried out. In total 15 premature infants and newborns with Rh‐erythroblastosis and hyperbilirubinemia were treated using this miniaturized ...
R el-Saadi   +5 more
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Plasmapheresis for hyperlipidemic pancreatitis

Journal of Clinical Apheresis, 2003
AbstractPatients with triglyceride levels over 1,000 mg/dl are at high risk of developing acute pancreatitis. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of plasma exchange (PE) in reducing triglyceride levels during an acute attack of hyperlipidemic pancreatitis (HLP).
Hou-Chang Chiu   +2 more
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