Ten years experience with therapeutic apheresis in a community hospital
Autor(es): Kornfeld P,Fox S,Maier K,Mahjoub M
Resumo: A retrospective study was carried out on 2,500 therapeutic hemapheresis procedures performed at a community teaching hospital from 1980 to 1990. Seventy-six percent of the procedures consisted of plasmapheresis (PE). The most frequently treated conditions were myasthenia gravis (MG), Guillain-Barré syndrome (GB), hyperviscosity (HV), and thrombotic thrombocytopenia purpura (TTP). Therapeutic results and clinical implications for these four conditions are discussed.
Palavras-Chave: Hemapheresis; Plasma exchange; Guillain-Barre syndrome; Hyperviscosity syndrome; Throm- botic thrombocytopenic purpura; Myasthenia gravis
Imprenta: Journal of Clinical Apheresis, v. 7, n. 2, p. 63-68, 1992
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1002/jca.2920070205
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Public health
Data de publicação: 1992
