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Review
. 2023 Dec 12;59(12):2152.
doi: 10.3390/medicina59122152.

Plasmapheresis in the ICU

Guleid Hussein  1 , Bolun Liu  1 , Sumeet K Yadav  1 , Mohamed Warsame  1 , Ramsha Jamil  2 , Salim R Surani  3   4 , Syed A Khan  1
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Review

Plasmapheresis in the ICU

Guleid Hussein et al. Medicina (Kaunas). .

Abstract

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a treatment paradigm used to remove harmful molecules from the body. In short, it is a technique that employs a process that functions partially outside the body and involves the replacement of the patient's plasma. It has been used in the ICU for a number of different disease states, for some as a first-line treatment modality and for others as a type of salvage therapy. This paper provides a brief review of the principles, current applications, and potential future directions of TPE in critical care settings.

Keywords: ICU; TPE; plasmapheresis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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