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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, Kateir Contreras, Maite Hurtado, Jessica Pinto, Martha P. Rodríguez1, Carolina Larrarte   +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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Results of the Cox mixed-effects model analyzing mortality in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with therapeutic plasma exchange.

, 2021
Results of the Cox mixed-effects model analyzing mortality in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura treated with therapeutic plasma exchange.
Andry Van de Louw (9921819), Michael Darmon (282176), Elie Azoulay (20533), Eric Mariotte (4094944), Douglas Leslie (5755049), Austin Cohrs (9921822)   +5 more
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Patients treated with therapeutic plasma exchange: A single center experience

, 2014
Introduction: Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) is a therapeutic procedure that is used to remove high molecular weight substances from plasma. We analyzed data of patients who received TPE during the last 7 years, and focused on the efficiency of TPE in
OZTURK, Savas, SAMANCI, Nilay Sengul, Ayer, Mesut, ERGEN, Abdulkadir, Kazancioglu, Rumeyza, Ar, Muhlis Cem, TOPTAS, Mehmet, KARADAG, Serhat, DOGAN, Elif Ece, YEL, Kubra, GURSU, Meltem, CEBECI, Egemen   +11 more
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in patients in a portuguese ICU [PDF]

, 2020
Purpose: The aim of this study is to characterize a Portuguese Intensive Care Unit experience in therapeutic plasma exchange in critically ill patients.
Aufico, A, Freitas, PT, Gaspar, A, Santos, A, Calça, R, Coelho, S   +5 more
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TTP-like syndrome associated with hemoglobin SC disease treated successfully with plasma and red cell exchange

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, Preethi Ramachandran, Ivan N. Richard, Jen-Chin Wang   +3 more
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Effect of different modes of TPE on the prognosis of hypertriglyceridemic acute pancreatitis: a single-center retrospective study

Frontiers in Medicine
BackgroundThe 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, Yaqi Ouyang, Yaohui Ming, Ruishan Yao, Huiling Guo, Yanli Wu, Jin Zhou, Yaowen Yuan, Haiyan Huang, Yin Yuan, You Shang   +10 more
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Life-threatening COVID-19 presenting as stroke with antiphospholipid antibodies and low ADAMTS-13 activity, and the role of therapeutic plasma exchange: A case series

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, Fahad Faqihi, Abdullah Balhamar, Ziad A Memish, Dimitrios Karakitsos   +4 more
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Characterization of the complications associated with plasma exchange for thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura and related thrombotic microangiopathic anaemias: a single institution experience. [PDF]

, 2014
Plasma exchange (PEX) is a life-saving therapeutic procedure in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopaenic purpura (TTP) and other thrombotic microangiopathic anaemias (TMAs). However, it may be associated with significant complications, exacerbating the
McGuckin, S, Collier, D, Scully, M, Webster, H, Leverett, D, Westwood, JP   +5 more
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Single Donor Plasma in Therapeutic Plasma Exchange for Myasthenia Gravis

, 1987
Thirty-seven myasthenic patients were treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) on different performance schedules using either random or single donor plasma.
M. Marconi, R. Mantegazza, E. Bruzzone, G. Sirchia, B. Regi, V. Borroni, F. Cornelio, D. Peluchetti   +7 more
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