The role of plasmapheresis in critical illness.
In this article, the authors review the current recommendations from the American Society for Apheresis regarding the use of plasmapheresis in many of the diseases that intensivists commonly encounter in critically ill patients. Recent experience indicates that therapeutic plasma exchange may be useful in a wide spectrum of illnesses characterized by microvascular thrombosis, the presence of autoantibodies, immune activation with dysregulation of immune response, and some infections.
Section of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. tcnguyen@texaschildrenshospital.org
Trung C
TC
Nguyen
Joseph E
JE
Kiss
Jordana R
JR
Goldman
Joseph A
JA
Carcillo
D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016638:Critical Illness; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D010951:Plasma Exchange; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012955:Societies, Medical; D014481:United States