Unipuncture membrane plasmapheresis.
A simple method of plasma exchange is presented that uses a hollow-fiber plasma filter together with conventional unipuncture dialysis equipment. The procedure was well tolerated for eight biweekly sessions in a patient with metastatic breast cancer.
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000628:therapy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy; D003956:Dialysis / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D005374:Filtration / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008875:Middle Aged; D010956:Plasmapheresis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
D008567:Membranes, Artificial