Plasma exchange are not associated with better outcome in MDA5 Rapidly-Progressive Interstitial Lung disease.

Abstract

HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access archive for the deposit and dissemination of scientific research documents, whether they are published or not. The documents may come from teaching and research institutions in France or abroad, or from public or private research centers. L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, émanant des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires publics ou privés.

ERS International Congress 2022: highlights from the Interstitial Lung Diseases Assembly

“…49% of the patients received plasma exchange; these patients were more often treated with immunosuppressants and required more often mechanical ventilation. In a multivariable analysis, only mechanical ventilation was associated with transplant-free survival 42 .…”