RT Book, Section A1 Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 Prchal, Josef T. A1 Levi, Marcel M. A1 Burns, Linda J. A1 Armitage, James O. SR Print(0) ID 1133366510 T1 Therapeutic Hemapheresis T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 9e YR 2017 FD 2017 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259642470 LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133366510 RD 2024/04/23 AB Therapeutic apheresis is the application of blood cell separation techniques to treat certain clinical conditions.A continuous-flow blood separator is usually used.Table 93–1 contains the principal applications of the technique.Hemapheresis is usually used in hematologic therapy for acute problems.Adverse effects are infrequent and mild; they are hypotension, urticaria, and hypocalcemia.Cytapheresis refers to removal or exchange of a blood cell element (eg, leukapheresis, plateletpheresis, erythrocytapheresis).Plasmapheresis refers to removal or exchange of plasma.