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
- cytapheresis removes cellular constituents
- plasmapheresis removes plasma returning cellular constituents
- photopheresis irradiates cellular constituents ex vivo
- selective LDL cholesterol removal for familial hypercholesterolemia[1]
Management
- stop ACE inhibitor 24 hours before elective apheresis[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 16. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2012
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 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