期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (1)
Background Germ cell tumors represent, among solid cancers, a potentially curable disease even if up to 20% to 30% of patients (pts) relapse after fir......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (4)
Background For inpatients undergoing therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in the United States, the primary mode of venous access is the central venous c......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (4)
Background Systemic immune-inflammatory biomarkers (SIIBs) have not been studied in mycosis fungoides (MF) patients undergoing extracorporeal photophe......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (5)
Introduction Certain patients require simultaneous lipoprotein apheresis (LA) and intermittent hemodialysis (HD). Instead of undergoing 2 consecutive ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (5)
Per the American Society for Apheresis, therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a Category III indication in the management of immune thrombocytopenia (I......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (1)
Background: Plasma contains many important proteins of therapeutic interest including albumin, clotting factors, and antibodies. Source plasma (SP) is......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (5)
Brucellosis is a multisystemic disease that can present with multiple signs and symptoms. Rarely, brucellosis can manifest as neurobrucellosis, with c......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (6)
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection can be severe and fatal due to cytokine storm. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) ......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (5)
Introduction Mobilization regimes in pediatric patients at high risk for poor mobilization are not standardized across different institutions. We pres......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (5)
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS) and toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) are life-threatening mucocutaneous reactions characterized by necrosis and detachm......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (1)
Membranous nephropathy associated with anti-PLA(2)R autoantibody is a significant cause of nephrotic syndrome worldwide. Treatment remains empiric wit......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL APHERESIS, 2022; 37 (3)
Aluminum phosphide (AIP) is a fumigant commonly used in agricultural areas. AIP is frequently misused for suicidal purposes because it is easily acces......