TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Therapeutic Hemapheresis A1 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 - Kipps, Thomas J. A1 - Prchal, Josef T. A1 - Levi, Marcel M. PY - 2011 T2 - Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e 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 94–1 contains the principal applications of the technique.Hemapheresis is usually used in hematologic therapy for acute problems.Adverse effects infrequent and mild: hypotension, urticaria, hypocalcemia.Cytapheresis refers to removal or exchange of a blood cell element, e.g., leukapheresis, plateletpheresis, erythrocytapheresis.Plasmapheresis refers to removal or exchange of plasma. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126655121 ER -