Plasma exchange is a highly efficient technique to remove circulating autoantibodies and
other humoral factors rapidly from the vascular compartment. It was the first effective acute …

Extracorporeal photopheresis (ECP) has been used for over 35 years in the treatment of
erythrodermic cutaneous T‐cell lymphoma (CTCL) and over 20 years for chronic and acute …

Background Apheresis is derived from the Greek, meaning 'withdrawal'. Blood components
can be separated by either filtration or centrifugation (Fig 1). Filtration systems allow plasma …

Following hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT), recipients are subjected to extensive
genetic testing to monitor the efficacy of the transplantation and identify relapsing malignant …

The objective of this dissertation is to explore the meanings of knowledge as understood by
senior medical staff in the UK's National Health Service. It asks the question:'What does it …

Ethics is a branch of philosophy, and, like mathematics, moral philosophy does not give
ready-made answers to questions but teaches how one could systematically analyse and …

Packed red cells and platelet concentrates are frequently required for the transfusion
support of patients undergoing stem cell therapy. These components have to be selected to …

The word apheresis is derived from the Greek meaning 'a withdrawal'. Therapeutic
apheresis is the process of using apheresis technology to manipulate patient's circulatory …

Therapeutic apheresis is the process of using apheresis technology to manipulate a
patient's circulatory contents by removal or reduction of a substances implicated in the …

Clinical evidence is accumulating to support the use of plasma exchange in the treatment of
a variety of disorders. Plasma exchange is sometimes required as the primary first‐line …