Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

McLeod, Bruce C.

doi:10.1002/9781444303513.ch42

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“…TPE or intravenous immune globulin (IVIG) is recommended treatment options in GBS, both have been found to be equally effective and significantly better than the conservative treatment for recovery from the disability. [ 13 ] However, in GBS with axonal involvement, TPE has been reported to be of greater potential benefit than IVIG. TPE is most effective when initiated within 7 days of disease onset, for controlling symptoms of neuroimmunological disorders.…”

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Therapeutic plasma exchange an emerging treatment modality

Solanki

Singh

Chauhan

et al. 2021

Asian Journal of Transfusion Science

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is increasingly used throughout the medical field. We aimed to analyze the various aspects of TPE practices at our hospital in terms of clinical indications, technical feasibility, safety, outcome as well as complications associated with the procedures. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The data included demographic profiles, clinical parameters, and technical characteristics of each TPE procedure. All the information was noted in data spread sheet (Microsoft Excel 2013) for further analysis. RESULTS: This is a 3-year retrospective study of total 266 TPE procedures carried out on 92 patients with different clinical conditions. Out of them, 55 (59.8%) were male and 37 (40.2%) were female patients. There were six major categories such as (1) neurological, (2) hematological, (3) gastrological, (4) renal, (5) rheumatic, and (6) others. The TPE treatment was highest in neurology group (60.2%), followed by gastrology group (24.4%). Most of the procedures (82.6%) were according to the American society of apheresis 2016 I or II categories (76/92 patients). CONCLUSION: TPE is beneficial and used as primary or secondary adjunctive therapy for a wide spectrum of various diseases and syndromes. TPE is considered as safe, cost-effective, and life-saving treatment modality in various diseases.

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