Plasma Exchange
Efficacy of Rituximab in the Treatment of Plasma Exchange Refractory Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
... Results: Eight of ten (80%) patients received 1 course of rituximab. Two of ten (20%) patients received another course of rituximab due to relapse. Repsonse rate (RR) to rituximab in combination with plasma ...
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Efficacy and safety of plasma exchange for Kawasaki disease with coronary artery dilatation
... with plasma exchange after IVIG had been proven ...Usually, plasma exchange is performed at least three times in patients with Kawasaki ...additional plasma exchange might be ...
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Original Article Effects of plasma exchange on serum NO and TGF-β
... of plasma exchange for severe hepatitis, we purified the blood by separating plasma and importing fresh plasma so as to help alleviate patient’s ...Although plasma exchange could ...
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Successful Use of Plasma Exchange for Profound Hemolysis in a Child With Loxoscelism
... patient, plasma exchange therapy (PEX) suc- cessfully cleared the plasma from an initial hemolytic index of 2000 (equivalent to 2 g/dL hemoglobin, where optimetric laboratory evaluation is ...
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Plasma exchange in the treatment of thyroid storm secondary to type II amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis
... Plasma exchange is not without its risks, and thus cannot be recommended as standard treatment for type II ...of plasma exchange include citrate- induced hypocalcaemia, coagulation ...
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Steroids and plasma exchange in Isaacs' syndrome with anti-Caspr2 antibodies
... with plasma exchange, sustained for at least 1 ...by plasma exchange may be efficient and well tolerated in patient with Isaacs’ syndrome due to anti- Caspr2 ...
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Therapeutic plasma exchange in heart transplantation: role of coagulation assessment with thromboelastometry
... Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a potentially life-saving procedure which effectively removes donor-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) antibodies from the bloodstream, allowing critically ill heart ...
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Description of the use of plasma exchange in dogs with Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy
... Cutaneous and renal glomerular vasculopathy (CRGV) is a rare disease affecting dogs, with a recent apparent increase in prevalence since 2012 in the UK. This disease is characterized by a vasculopathy affecting small ...
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Keyw ords: Endocrinology, Plasma exchange, Thyroid storm, RPM, Plasmapheresis.
... patient.Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a good option to reverse this condition and help in the proper handling of the patient, though its indication not clearly ...Therapeutic plasma ...
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Ibuprofen plasma concentration profile in deliberate ibuprofen overdose with circulatory depression treated with therapeutic plasma exchange: a case report
... ibuprofen plasma concentration (IPC) from 550 to 275 mcg/mL within the first 5 h after admission, the patient developed a circulatory failure, refractory to aggressive fluid resuscitation and high doses of ...
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Successful Treatment of Methampyrone-Induced Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
... Copyright © 2018 Santosa et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the ...
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Plasma exchange and early thyroidectomy in thyroid storm requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
... (DIC), plasma exchange with 3 L of fresh frozen plasma (FFP) was used for the first exchange via a left femoral vein double lumen dialysis ...
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Plasma exchange successfully treats central pontine myelinolysis after acute hypernatremia from intravenous sodium bicarbonate therapy
... CPM, plasma exchange might be a beneficial therapy when CPM is associated with rapid correction of ...therapeutic plasma exchange [5]. These three patients were treated with plasma ...
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Successful Treatment of Cisplatin Overdose with Plasma Exchange
... which fell upon Saturday, Sunday, and a national holiday in Japan. On day 4, which was Tuesday, the patient complained that he had hearing difficulty, and the cisplatin over- dose was noted, and further chemotherapy was ...
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Severe Cholestasis and Bile Cast Nephropathy Induced by Anabolic Steroids Successfully Treated with Plasma Exchange
... We report a case of a bodybuilder who took a regimen of anabolic steroids containing stanozolol and testosterone propionate for 8 weeks which led to the development of jaundice and severe pruritus with serum total ...
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Severe DRESS Syndrome Managed With Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
... Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS) syn- drome is a rare but increasingly described phenomenon of immune activation and organ dysfunction in association with a wide variety of medications. This ...
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Neonatal Hyperviscosity II. Effect of Partial Plasma Exchange Transfusion
... To determine the effect of partial plasma exchange transfusion, 20 newborn infants with neonatal hyperviscosity were randomly assigned to observation or treatment with partial plasma exc[r] ...
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Effect of therapeutic plasma exchange on plasma levels and total removal of adipokines and inflammatory markers
... While the effect of TPE on immunoglobulins and immune-complexes [19] or even cardiac markers like troponin and BNP [16] has been shown, data on the ef- fect of other pathophysiologically important mediators are scarce. ...
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A case of Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura without Renal Dysfunction
... of plasma exchange on plasma ADAMTS13 metalloprotease activity, inhibitor level, and clinical outcome in patients with idiopathic and nonidiopathic thrombotic thrombocytopenic ...
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Ng, King Man (2012): Anti-neurofascin antibodies: assay development and analysis of inflammatory diseases in the peripheral and central nervous system. Dissertation, LMU München: Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN)
... blocks. Plasma exchange (PE) was found to be very efficient to rapidly and completely relieved paralysis, but frequency of PE increased from once a month to 3-4 times a ...from plasma exchange ...
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