Plasmapheresis

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Contents 1 Indications 2 Notes 3 More General Terms 4 References

Indications

• Guillain-Barre syndrome
• chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculopathy ( CIDP)
• myasthenia gravis

• severe, prior to initiation of prednisone
• preparation for thymectomy

• thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura ( TTP)
• cryoglobulinemia
• hyperviscosity syndrome

• multiple myeloma
• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

• post-transfusion purpura
• Refsum's disease
• Eaton-Lambert myasthenic syndrome
• Goodpasture's syndrome

Notes

• advantages: fast
• disadvantages:

• temporary
• expensive

More General Terms

• apheresis

References

1. Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998
2. The Utility of Therapeutic Plasmapheresis for Neurological Disorders NIH Consensus Statement [1]
3. National Guideline Clearinghouse Evidence-based guideline update: plasmapheresis in neurologic disorders. Report of the Therapeutics and Technology Assessment Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology. ngc-guideline: [2]

plasmapheresis (plasma exchange)