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Menstruation: a possible independent health promoter, aging, and COVID-19

open access: yesCaspian Journal of Internal Medicine, 2022
Women live longer than men. Cardiovascular disorders, cancers, serious infectious conditions are less common among women than men. Recent data also indicate that women, particularly before menopause, are less susceptible to severe COVID-19, a viral ...
Alireza Bolourian   +3 more
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Effectiveness of therapeutic plasma exchange in a critically ill child with secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis

open access: yesAsian Journal of Transfusion Science, 2019
Currently, the ASFA has not included TPE in the management of HLH but many cases reports have reported successful role of TPE in HLH. Here we are presenting a case in which HLH was managed successfully with TPE.
Prashant Kumar Pandey   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Monitoring suPAR levels in post-kidney transplant focal segmental glomerulosclerosis treated with therapeutic plasma exchange and rituximab

open access: yesBMC Nephrology, 2018
Background Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an important therapy for recurrent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (rFSGS) post kidney transplant. suPAR has been causally implicated in rFSGS, and shown to be a unique biomarker for the occurrence and ...
Nada Alachkar   +7 more
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Amiodarone induced thyrotoxicosis may not respond to therapeutic plasma exchange like patients with graves’ disease: A report of two cases and literature review

open access: yesMedicine Science, 2019
The achievement of euthyroid state has been suggested in patients with thyrotoxicosis undergoing surgery to reduce the risk of thyroid storm. However, euthyroid state could not always be achieved by antithyroid drugs.
Ismail Yildiz   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic plasma exchange in secondary prevention of acute pancreatitis in pregnant patient with familial hyperchylomicronemia

open access: yesBiomedical Papers, 2019
Introduction: Hormone changes during pregnancy lead to increased plasma lipid levels. When there is added disorder of lipid metabolism, this otherwise physiological change can cause extremely high triglyceride levels with potentionally life-threatening ...
Renata Michalova   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Treatment of severe leptospirosis with therapeutic plasma exchange in a pediatric patient

open access: yesThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2018
Leptospirosis is a common zoonotic disease caused by spirochetes of the genus Leptospira. Although it is mostly a tropical disease, some case reports have been published from temperate regions of the world.
Faruk Ekinci   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Therapeutic plasma exchange: Review of current indications

open access: yesTransfusion and Apheresis Science, 2019
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the extracorporeal technique performed in an apheresis device were patient's plasma is separated from whole blood and removed, while the cellular blood components are returned to the patient together with a replacement fluid.
Miguel Fernández-Zarzoso   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

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