RT Book, Section
A1 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A1 Kipps, Thomas J.
A1 Prchal, Josef T.
A1 Levi, Marcel M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1126655121
T1 Therapeutic Hemapheresis
T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 8e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071622424
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126655121
RD 2024/04/19
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.