title: The single center registry for therapeutic apheresis in Turkey: 11-year activity.
abstract: Therapeutic apheresis (TA) is used as primary and adjunctive therapy in the treatment of several diseases and syndromes. We retrospectively evaluated the results of therapeutic apheresis (TA) including therapeutic plasma-exchange (TPE), double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP), therapeutic thrombocytapheresis and leukocytapheresis as 11-year activity during 2000-2011. A total of 845 TA procedures were performed in 114 patients (67 male and 47 female, with mean age 51±17 years). Adverse events (AE) were seen in 8.6% of procedures. None of the patients died from any complication. TA is safely carried out in our center in several diseases which are similar to previous reports.
authors.affiliation: Adnan Menderes University Medical Faculty, Divisions of Hematology, 09100 Aydin, Turkey. gkadikoylu@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gurhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kadikoylu
authors.forename: Irfan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Yavasoglu
authors.forename: Ayca
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ozkul
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Akyol
authors.forename: Vahit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yukselen
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guney
authors.forename: Zahit
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bolaman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001781:Blood Component Removal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey