RT Book, Section
A1 Lichtman, Marshall A.
A1 Kaushansky, Kenneth
A1 Prchal, Josef T.
A1 Levi, Marcel M.
A1 Burns, Linda J.
A1 Linch, David C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1189337007
T1 Therapeutic Hemapheresis
T2 Williams Manual of Hematology, 10e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269204
LK hemonc.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189337007
RD 2024/04/25
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  95–1  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.