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Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) utilizes an extracorporeal circuit to remove pathologic proteins causing serious illness. When processing a patient's entire blood volume through an extracorporeal circuit, proteins responsible for maintaining… Click to show full abstract
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) utilizes an extracorporeal circuit to remove pathologic proteins causing serious illness. When processing a patient's entire blood volume through an extracorporeal circuit, proteins responsible for maintaining hemostatic system homeostasis can reach critically low levels if replacement fluid types and volumes are not carefully titrated, which may increase complications.
Keywords:
optimizing management;
management replacement;
plasma exchange;
therapeutic plasma
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Apheresis
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Apheresis
Year Published: 2019
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