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Use of Plasmapheresis and Immunosuppressants to Treat Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in a Patient with Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis. [PDF]

, 2019
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is a systemic granulomatous inflammatory disease characterized by small-to-medium vessel vasculitis due to Central Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (C-ANCA).
Sattar, Yasar, Susheela, Ammu Thampi, Ullah, Waqas, Usman, Norina, Zafrullah, Fnu   +4 more
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Advancing FIRES Treatment: The Potential of Intrathecal Dexamethasone

Annals of the Child Neurology Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Febrile infection‐related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a rare, devastating epilepsy syndrome characterized by refractory status epilepticus following a febrile illness. Patient Description We describe a 12‐year‐old girl with FIRES who exhibited a remarkable clinical and electrographic response to intrathecal dexamethasone (IT‐DEX ...
Carol Park, Douglas R. Nordli III, Mohamed Taha, Henry David, Shawn Kacker, Tareq Kass‐Hout, Sonam Thind, Aurelie Hanin, Sana Said, Hiba A. Haider, Douglas R. Nordli Jr.   +10 more
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Therapeutic plasmapheresis for hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis: case series and review of the literature

Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017
Background: Severe hypertriglyceridemia (HTG) is the third leading cause of acute pancreatitis (AP) in the United States. The current standard of care includes management of HTG using pharmacological therapy.
Kiran Joglekar, Ben Brannick, Dipen Kadaria, Amik Sodhi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of educating blood donors on plasmapheresis and plasma applications on the availability of plasma-derived medicinal products

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Human plasma contains valuable proteins such as albumin, globulins and coagulation factors. These ingredients are used to obtain medicinal products (PDMPs - plasma-derived medicinal products) used in many fields of medicine.
Jakub Sutkowski, Ewelina Wilczewska, Kamila Matyka, Anna Słowiaczek, Alicja Baranowska, Marcin Wojnar, Aleksandra Matyszewska   +6 more
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Immunodepletion in xenotransplantation [PDF]

, 1990
Xenograft transplantation is perhaps the most immunologically difficult problem in transplantation today. An overwhelming hyperacute rejection reaction (HAR) occurs within minutes of organ implantation.
A. Casavilla, A. G. Tzakis, A. Oks, A. Oral, B. Banner, Branda R F, Forsgren A, Giles G R, J. Murray, K. Yanaga, L. Makowka, L. Podesta, Langone J J, P. D'andrea, R. Shapiro, R. Watt, S. Wos, T. E. Starzl, Ting A, V. Scantlebury   +19 more
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Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and Cardiovascular Adverse Events

ESC Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Abstract In the last years, we assisted to a tremendous increase in therapeutic options for the management of cancers, with immunotherapy at the forefront of this innovation. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have been developed to enhance the activity of the immune system against cancer cells (1) and the number of approvals for ICIs has rapidly ...
Maria Luisa De Perna, Elia Rigamonti, Raffaele Zannoni, Vittoria Espeli, Giorgio Moschovitis   +4 more
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Comparative study of various therapeutic modalities for Guillain Barré syndrome in Assiut University Children Hospital

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2020
Background. Our study aimed to compare the outcome of different therapeutic modalities for the management of children with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and to identify the associating risk factors that may affect the course and prognosis of the ...
Zeinab M Mohy-Eldeen, Ahmad R Ahmad, Hayam H Mahran, Khaled Saad   +3 more
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Rituximab induced pulmonary edema managed with extracorporeal life support [PDF]

, 2018
Though rare, rituximab has been reported to induce severe pulmonary edema. We describe the first report of ECLS utilization for this indication. A 31-year-old female with severe thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura developed florid pulmonary edema after ...
Aguilar, Patrick, Balsara, Keki R, Isakow, Warren, Itoh, Akinobu, Masood, Muhammad F, Miller, Jacob R, Sanfilippo, Kristen M   +6 more
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Severe relapse after cessation of immunosuppressive therapy in a patient with co‐occurrence of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder and Sjögren's syndrome: A case report

Ibrain, EarlyView.
We report a girl with a diagnosis of “neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder comorbid Sjogren's syndrome” whose condition showed significant improvement after treatment with corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs (prednisolone, hydroxychloroquine, and mycophenolate mofetil).
Man‐Min Zhu, Zu‐Cai Xu, Chang‐Yin Yu, Hao Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anti‐NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis associated with ovarian teratoma: A case series and literature review

International Journal of Gynecology &Obstetrics, Volume 169, Issue 1, Page 23-30, April 2025.
Abstract Autoimmune encephalitis is a group of disorders characterized by symptoms of dysfunction of the limbic and extra‐limbic systems that occur in association with antibodies against intracellular antigens, synapses, or proteins located on the surface of nerve cells. Anti‐NMDA (N‐methyl‐D‐aspartate) receptor encephalitis was first described in 2007
Pham Ba Nha, Nguyen Phuong Tu, Nguyen Viet Ha, Duong Thi Thu Hien, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Nguyen Anh Son, Nguyen Tien Hoang   +6 more
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