Indications for emergency apheresis procedures.
Therapeutic apheresis has gained tremendous popularity worldwide in the last 2 decades. Emergency procedures can be life saving but should be undertaken for limited indications. Our emergency indications and experiences since the 1970s are critically described.
McCarthy
L J
LJ
Indiana University Medical Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5283, USA.
Danielson
C F
CF
Rothenberger
S S
SS
D019867:Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease / Q000628:therapy; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000628:therapy; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000628:therapy