Plasmapheresis is a process in which the liquid part of the blood, or plasma, is separated from the blood cells. Typically, the plasma is replaced with another solution such as saline or albumin, or ...

Plasmapheresis is an uncommon treatment that can be used to manage something called myeloma kidney, a type of kidney failure that affects many people with multiple myeloma. It separates out plasma ...

Plasmapheresis is a medical procedure designed to remove some plasma from the blood. During a plasma exchange, unhealthy plasma is swapped for healthy plasma or a plasma substitute, before the blood ...

January 21, 2011 — The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has issued new guidelines on the use of plasmapheresis in the treatment of neurologic disorders. The guidelines provide evidence-based ...

Conventional chemotherapy for myeloma comprises melphalan plus prednisone or a combined regimen such as vincristine, doxorubicin and dexamethasone. The response rate for these approaches is 40–60% and ...

Calendar year 2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic, handwashing, and social distancing. As I write this, clinical trials are underway to test both therapeutics and vaccine candidates ...

Plasma exchange, also known as plasmapheresis, is a way to "clean" your blood. It works sort of like kidney dialysis. During the treatment, plasma -- the liquid part of your blood -- gets replaced ...

Patients who received plasmapheresis for ANCA-associated vasculitis vs those who did not were more likely to have had AKI, AKI requiring dialysis, hypoxia, and respiratory failure requiring mechanical ...

Desensitization allows successful kidney transplantation in individuals with high levels of donor-specific alloantibody (DSA). It is not known which of the two main desensitization ...