Therapeutic plasma exchange for the treatment of pediatric renal diseases in 2013
| Autor: | Caitlin E. Carter, Nadine Benador |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
Nephrology
medicine.medical_specialty Plasma Exchange business.industry Molecular pathogenesis Extracorporeal Treatment modality Renal transplant Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine Humans Pediatric nephrology Kidney Diseases Therapeutic plasma exchange Child Intensive care medicine business Pediatric population |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Nephrology. 29:35-50 |
| ISSN: | 1432-198X 0931-041X |
| Popis: | Therapeutic plasma exchange is an extracorporeal treatment modality that removes systemic circulating pathologic factors or replaces absent plasma components and plays a role in many nephrologic conditions. It presents a number of technical challenges in the pediatric population but has become an increasingly common practice in pediatric nephrology over the past several decades. While prospective evidence is often lacking, our increased understanding of the molecular pathogenesis underlying many pediatric renal diseases provides sound reasoning for the use of plasma exchange in treating these conditions. This review will present the currently accepted indications for plasma exchange in children, the technical aspects of the procedure and its potential complications. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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