Clinical efficacy and applications of therapeutic plasma exchange: A tertiary care center experience from Jammu

Sidhu, Meena; Dogra, Ashu; Kumar, Dinesh

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“…Our results were in agreement with Meena Sidhu et al, [12] who showed an overall response rate of 77% at the end of 10 days follow-up period in the study that included 18 cases of GB syndrome. Complete response was noted in 11 cases (61%), partial response in 3 cases (16%), no response in 4 cases (22%) NobuhiroYuki et al, [13] stated improvement rate at (87%) while Hughes et al, [14] stated higher improvement rate at (97%).…”

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confidence: 93%

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Tanta University Hospitals, Single Center Experience

El-Attar¹,

Allam

2019

The Medical Journal of Cairo University

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Background: Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) is effective therapeutic procedure in treating diverse diseases. Aim of Study:To evaluate the outcomes of TPE in different diseases in our department. Patients and Methods:Retrospective study of patients referred for TPE during last five years period. We reviewed the demographic, clinical indications, number of sessions, volume of exchanged plasma, patient response and complications during or after the procedure and descriptive statisticalanalysis was performed. Results:The study included 109 patients recorded during the last 5 years period. The indications for TPE were Gullian-Baree in 28 patients with response in (21/28 pateints), thrombotic microangiopathy in 27 patients with response in (19/27) patients, SLE in 22 patients with response in (16/22), Cryoglobinemia in 12 patients with response in (10/12), RPGN in 5 patients with response in (4/5) patients, hyperviscosity in 6 patients, mythenia gravis in 4 patients, renal transplantation in 3 patients, dermatomyocitis in one patient and autoimmune hemolytic anemia in one patient with complete response in all patients of these later diseases. The main complications of the procedure were muscle cramps induced by hypocalcemia (n=10, 9%), allergic reactions (n=9, 8%), hypotension (n=7, 6%), fever (n=4, 3.6%), loss of consciousness (n=2, 1.8%), convulsions (n=2, 1.8%), catheter related hematoma (n=1, 0.9%), bleeding from AV fistula (n=1, 0.9%). Conclusion:Our experience in therapeutic plasma exchange showed favorable results in different immunological and non-immunological diseases.

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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Tanta University Hospitals, Single Center Experience

El-Attar¹,

Allam

2019

The Medical Journal of Cairo University

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“…Stated improvement rate at (87%). Meena Sidhu et al [11], Raphaël [12] and Van Doorn [13], are in agreement with our results and encouraging the initiation of treatment within the first week and notable decrease in recovery time and early achievement of clinical milestones. In patients with myasthenia gravis, which included 16 patients, the improvement rate was 81.25%.…”

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confidence: 79%

“…Kaynar et al [21] agreed with our results that CIDP patient included in their study showed no response to TPE. While Meena Sidhu et al [11], and Kaya et al [22], both reported that patients with CIDP included in their studies showed total improvement after using TPE. The difference in the result between our study and these other studies may be due to the severity of disease in our patients.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The difference at improvement rate could be attributed to the total number of cases studied. And here we quote: "All patients had immediate benefits of each TPE cycle good acceptance of procedure was observed in 78.3% of patients and concluded: TPE may be considered as one of the treatment options especially in developing countries like ours as it is relatively less costly but as effective for myasthenic crisis as other modalities [11].…”

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Outcomes of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange; One Year Single Center Experience

Ghonemy¹

2016

UNOAJ

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Background: Outcome of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in treating different immunological and non-immunological diseases in our unit is not clear. We aimed to study the outcome TPE in different diseases categories during one-year period.Methods: Prospective cross sectional study of patients referred for TPE during one year period. Demographic, clinical data, number of sessions, volume of plasma exchanged, patient tolerance and complications during or post to the procedure were systematically recorded and descriptive statistics applied for analysis.

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Clinical efficacy and applications of therapeutic plasma exchange: A tertiary care center experience from Jammu

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Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Tanta University Hospitals, Single Center Experience

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Tanta University Hospitals, Single Center Experience

Outcomes of Therapeutic Plasma Exchange; One Year Single Center Experience

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