1. Clinical application of therapeutic plasma exchange in the Three Gorges Area.
- Author
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Li Z, Teng B, Luo J, and Zhao J
- Subjects
- ABO Blood-Group System, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Albumins therapeutic use, Antibodies blood, Blood Group Incompatibility, Child, China, Dextrans therapeutic use, Female, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation adverse effects, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Male, Middle Aged, Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic therapy, Survival Rate, Young Adult, Plasma Exchange methods, Therapeutics methods
- Abstract
Objective: To analyze the clinical effect of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) on 43 patients in the Three Gorges Area., Methods: Plasma was collected by machine and combined with low-molecular-weight dextran and albumin for use as a replacement fluid for TPE treatment of 43 patients suffering from various blood disorders, diseases of the nervous system, ABO incompatible allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and kidney disease., Results: The volume of a single TPE was 1.6-2.0l, performed on average 2.3 times/case, and effective in 88.4% (38/43) of cases., Conclusion: TPE through the plasma collection machine is a well tolerated, economic and effective treatment., (Copyright © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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- 2010
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