scholarly journals Efficacy of therapeutic plasma exchange in a severe immune haemolytic anaemia induced by a carboplatin desensitization procedure

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
G Vilà-Nadal ◽  
A Fiandor Román ◽  
R Heredia Revuelto ◽  
D Hernández-Maraver ◽  
AE Kerguelen Fuentes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Haemolytic Anaemia ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ◽  
Immune Haemolytic Anaemia

scholarly journals Cold agglutinin disease and COVID-19 requiring therapeutic plasma exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e244227
Author(s):  
Yousuf Ahmed ◽  
Aditi Khandelwal ◽  
Laura Walker
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Haemolytic Anaemia ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Supportive Therapy ◽  
Folic Acid Supplementation ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ◽  
Cold Agglutinin ◽  
Nasopharyngeal Swab ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Pcr Assay

A 70-year-old man with known cold autoimmune haemolytic anaemia was referred to the emergency department with increased shortness of breath on exertion. He had been confirmed positive for non-variant COVID-19 infection 1 week earlier based on nasopharyngeal swab PCR assay. CT thorax demonstrated diffuse patchy bilateral ground glass opacities, consistent with COVID-19 pneumonia. Bloodwork demonstrated severe cold agglutinin mediated haemolytic anaemia. To help stabilise the patient, he was transferred to a tertiary care hospital for urgent therapeutic plasma exchange. Key supportive therapy included folic acid supplementation, ensuring the patient was kept warm and warmed infusions including transfusions via the apheresis machine. The patient made a good recovery following plasma exchange, and his haemoglobin levels remained stable by discharge.

scholarly journals Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Postpartum Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
pp. 229
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Haemolytic Anaemia ◽  
Post Partum ◽  
Fresh Frozen Plasma ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ◽  
Sustained Remission ◽  
Microangiopathic Haemolytic Anaemia ◽  
Post Surgery ◽  
Fresh Frozen ◽  
Uremic Syndrome

BACKGROUND AND AIM: Adult, non-infective, haemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS) although a rare disease in itself, has a high likelihood of occurrence in pregnancy and immediate post partum period. It is an important differential diagnosis in the evaluation of thrombotic microangiopathies. Patients with post-partum HUS display a classical triad of microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia, acute nephropathy and thrombocytopenia. I hereby present a case of post partum HUS treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of six sessions of TPE were performed daily, three sessions for consecutive days and remaining three sessions were performed on alternate days. All the procedures were carried out with Haemonetics MCS+ exchanging one plasma volume using fresh frozen plasma and saline as replacement fluid. Haemodialysis was started and four sessions were carried out on alternate days. RESULT: A 37 year old, 85 kg female, G2 P1, underwent emergency LSCS because of foetal distress at 38 weeks of pregnancy. Post surgery she developed decreasing urine output, anuria ensued. Emergency therapeutic plasma exchange was carried out within 24 hours of diagnosis. It could be found that with TPE, patient had improvement in renal function, decrease in LDH levels and increase in platelet count. Patient had sustained remission and discontinuation of haemodialysis. CONCLUSION: HUS is a disorder with high mortality and long term morbidity, if prompt treatment is not instituted. The decision to intervene with plasma exchange should be based upon the severity of thrombocytopenia, microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia and neurological abnormalities, even if the diagnosis and nomenclature is uncertain. Improved survival after this disorder has been attributed to aggressive treatment with plasma exchange therapy.

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Application in Children Requires Individual Decision

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gürkan Atay ◽  
Demet Demirkol
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Vascular Access ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Demyelinating Disease ◽  
Pediatric Intensive Care ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ◽  
Transplantation Rejection ◽  
Access Problems ◽  
Uremic Syndrome

AbstractTherapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a treatment administered with the aim of removing a pathogenic material or compound causing morbidity in a variety of neurologic, hematologic, renal, and autoimmune diseases. In this study, we aimed to assess the indications, efficacy, reliability, complications, and treatment response of pediatric patients for TPE. This retrospective study analyzed data from 39 patients aged from 0 to 18 years who underwent a total of 172 TPE sessions from January 2015 to April 2018 in a tertiary pediatric intensive care unit. Indications for TPE were, in order of frequency, macrophage activation syndrome (28.2%, n = 11), renal transplantation rejection (15.4%, n = 6), liver failure (15.4%, n = 6), Guillain–Barre's syndrome (15%, n = 6), hemolytic uremic syndrome (7.7%, n = 3), acute demyelinating disease (7.7%, n = 3), septic shock (5.1%, n = 2), and intoxication (5.1%, n = 2). No patient had any adverse event related to the TPE during the procedure. The TPE session was ended prematurely in one patient due to insufficient vascular access and lack of blood flow (2.6%). In the long term, thrombosis due to the indwelling central catheter occurred (5.1%, n = 2). TPE appears to be an effective first-stage or supplementary treatment in a variety of diseases, may be safely used in pediatric patients, and there are significant findings that its area of use will increase. In experienced hands and when assessed carefully, it appears that the rate of adverse reactions and vascular access problems may be low enough to be negligible.

Therapeutic plasma exchange in intensive care and intensive nephrology

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 394-403
Author(s):  
M. S. Vetsheva ◽  
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K.E Loss . ◽  
O.L. Podkorytova ◽  
E.V. Lebedkov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

Haemolytic Anaemia: A Diagnostic Dilemma

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (01) ◽  
pp. 29-31
Author(s):  
Md. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury ◽  
Mohammad Quamrul Hasan ◽  
Md. Haroon Ur Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Haemolytic Anaemia ◽  
Clinical Suspicion ◽  
Diagnostic Dilemma ◽  
High Clinical Suspicion ◽  
Immune Haemolytic Anaemia

It is sometime difficult to find out the cause of haemolysis in haemolytic anaemia due to inconclusive results of investigation. Diagnosis of immune haemolytic anaemia is often difficult when Coomb’s test is negative. Here we present such a case of fourteen years old girl who presented with haemolytic anaemia with negative Coomb’s test. Due to high clinical suspicion we labelled her as a case of Coomb’s negative immune haemolytic anaemia and she responded well to steroid.

Therapeutic plasma exchange in a single center: Ibni Sina experience

2004 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Önder Arslan ◽  
Mutlu Arat ◽  
Ibrahim Tek ◽  
Erol Ayyildiz ◽  
Osman Ilhan
Keyword(s):  
Plasma Exchange ◽  
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange ◽  
Single Center
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