[The effect of therapeutic plasmapheresis on the hemostatic system of patients with chronic glomerulonephritis and the nephrotic syndrome].

Plasmapheresis was carried out by the continuous method in 10 patients with active forms of glomerulonephritis with the nephrotic syndrome and was found to positively affect hemostasis (reduction of hyperfibrinogenemia, thrombinemia, enhancement of fibrinolysis). Antiaggregants completely controlled negative effect of plasmapheresis on the thrombocyte status. The positive effect was paralleled by clinical improvement.