Therapeutic plasma exchange in the elderly: Experience at a tertiary center

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 108-111

  Abdel Rahman, Emaad M ^a   Hayes, John ^a   Balogun, Rasheed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; therapeutic plasma exchange

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GERIATRIC CARE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFECTION; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRURITUS; RASH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THERAPEUTIC PLASMA EXCHANGE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; URTICARIA;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLASMA EXCHANGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VIRGINIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861822103     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21220     Document Type: Conference Paper

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