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Therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with pauciimmune vasculitis: Hospital Universitario San Ignacio experience; Bogotá, Colombia [PDF]
Revista Colombiana de Nefrología, 2014 Introduction: The vasculitis ANCAS positive, are a group of diseases with different clinical manifestations. Therapeutic plasma exchange has become an excellent tool for the treatment of these patients in specific conditions.
Juan P. Córdoba +5 more
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in renal disorders
Indian Journal of Nephrology, 2019 Nephrologists use hemodialysis and hemofiltration to remove low molecular weight toxic constituents, and increasingly deploy therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)/plasmapheresis to eliminate higher molecular weight substances such as immunoglobulins or immune complexes from plasma.
Ranganathan, D, John, GT
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Zhongguo shuxue zazhiObjective To compare the efficacy of double filtration plasmapheresis(DFPP), centrifugal therapeutic plasma exchange(cTPE) and centrifugation-filtration plasmapheresis(CFPP) in improving renal insufficiency after kidney transplantation, as well as the ...
Defeng ZHANG +5 more
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A Rare case of Guillain-Barré syndrome in pregnancy treated with plasma exchange
Asian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2014 Guillain-Barre syndromé (GBS) is an autoimmune disorder. It is rare in pregnancy as there is a decrease in cell-mediated immunity. A case of 28-year-old pregnant woman who presented with acute flaccid quadriplegia suffering from GBS is discussed in this ...
Rahul Vasudev, Tilak Raj Raina
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Leukemia Research Reports, 2019 Background: Sickle cell hemoglobinopathies are associated with end organ damage but very rarely present with a clinical and laboratory picture of microangiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA) and thrombocytopenia, characteristic of thrombotic microangiopathy (
Sreenath Kodali +3 more
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports, 2020 We present a case series of three patients with COVID-19 who were admitted to our intensive care unit due to acute respiratory distress syndrome, brain infarction, pulmonary embolism, and antiphospholipid antibodies.
Abdulrahman Alharthy +4 more
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Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundThe management and treatment of hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis (HTG-AP) are similar to those of other causes of AP and include fluid resuscitation, nutritional support, and pain control.
Ruiting Li +10 more
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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Hyperthyroidism [PDF]
European Thyroid Journal, 2020 Hyperthyroid patients who are unresponsive to medical treatment remain a challenging clinical problem.The goal of our study was to evaluate the use of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in hyperthyroid patients and their outcome after TPE.We retrospectively reviewed 22 patients who underwent TPE for refractory thyrotoxicosis in our institution: 13 with ...
Clotilde, Saïe +9 more
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Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Establishing a comprehensive apheresis medicine program in a resource‐constrained setting presents significant structural, financial, and logistical challenges. Despite the growing clinical importance of apheresis services globally, published experience from sub‐Saharan Africa remains sparse.
Folasade Adelekan‐Popoola +4 more
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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange—A Practical Guide
Kidney and DialysisTherapeutic plasma exchange is a procedure in which plasma is removed and replaced with another fluid to correct blood abnormalities. There is growing evidence of its benefit in certain clinical conditions, including thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ...
Mariana Dias Pais +2 more
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