apheresis

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Introduction

Removal of blood or one of its components from the body for clinical purposes, generally by automated blood cell separators.

Procedure

Management

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 16. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2012
  2. Okafor C, Ward DM, Mokrzycki MH et al Introduction and overview of therapeutic apheresis. J Clin Apher. 2010;25(5):240-9 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20806281
  3. Szczepiorkowski ZM, Winters JL, Bandarenko N et al Guidelines on the use of therapeutic apheresis in clinical practice--evidence-based approach from the Apheresis Applications Committee of the American Society for Apheresis. J Clin Apher. 2010;25(3):83-177. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20568098