The blood exchange reportedly had no real benefits. “TPE removes all of my body’s plasma and replaces it with Albumin,” Johnson wrote on social media. “The therapy objectives are to remove ...

He said the treatment is also used in serious circumstances such as organ failure or sepsis. Plasma exchange therapy is typically used for specific conditions like Guillain-Barre Syndrome ...

Recently, Smith and colleagues have used available animal, genetic and molecular data to develop a diagnostic and treatment algorithm ... assay is positive, plasma exchange or infusion should ...

Therapeutic plasma exchange has been the essential treatment for acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) since 1991. 1 Therefore, the diagnosis of TTP in a Jehovah’s Witness patient ...

A new analysis finds therapeutic plasma exchange has become more costly, and more common among patients with multiple myeloma. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) has become more common in patients ...

Severely reduced levels of ADAMTS13 are consistent with the diagnosis of TTP and can distinguish TTP from atypical HUS; however, results of ADAMTS13 testing should not be used to guide initial ...

LAKEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Terumo BCT announces the Call for Expressions of Interest for the Plasma Exchange Innovation Award. This award is designed to fund science and research that ...

Proof-of-concept with statistically significant 39% decrease in time to normalisation of platelet count compared to placebo for patients who received no plasma exchange prior to initial treatment ...