TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Therapeutic Hemapheresis A1 - Lichtman, Marshall A. A1 - Kaushansky, Kenneth A1 - Prchal, Josef T. A1 - Levi, Marcel M. A1 - Burns, Linda J. A1 - Armitage, James O. PY - 2017 T2 - Williams Manual of Hematology, 9e 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. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1133366510 ER -