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Current status of therapeutic plasma exchange in Korea.

Authors
Song, EY | Kwon, SW | Kim, DS | Kim, DW | Kim, HO | Park, CW | Suh, JS | Ryang, DW | Lee, JN | Lee, JW | Lim, YA  | Lim, CS | Jeon, DS | Han, CW | Han, TH | Han, KS
Citation
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis, 8(2). : 97-101, 2004
Journal Title
Therapeutic apheresis and dialysis
ISSN
1744-99791744-9987
Abstract
A nationwide survey on the status of plasma exchange in Korea was performed during the 2 year period 2001-02. Data from 496 patients were collected from 15 major hospitals. The most common indication was myasthenia gravis (15.3%), followed by thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (14.5%) and hemolytic uremic syndrome (9.7%). Clinical improvement was noted in 70.1% of the 415 cases. Plasma exchange by centrifugation alone accounted for 92.4%. Postcentrifugal filtration was carried out in 5.6% and double filtration in 2.0% of treatments. The most common instruments for the centrifugation were Cobe Spectra (71.3%) and Fenwal CS3000 (15.8%). Filtration was performed by either Kuraray KM8300 or Kuraray KM8800. The overall frequency of complications was 11.1% (293/2647 cases), of which symptomatic hypocalcemia was the most common (2.3%).
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PMID
15255124
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Journal Papers > School of Medicine / Graduate School of Medicine > Laboratory Medicine
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임, 영애
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