Pediatric therapeutic plasma exchange indications and patterns of use in US Children's Hospitals

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Weiss, Pamela F ^a,b   Klink, Andrew J ^a   Friedman, David F ^a,b   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; epidemiology; plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANCA ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; FEMALE; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RASMUSSEN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPLEMENTATION; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE KIDNEY INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-GLOMERULAR BASEMENT MEMBRANE DISEASE; ANTI-NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY-ASSOCIATED VASCULITIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMA EXCHANGE; PURPURA, THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870895506     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: 10981101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.21242     Document Type: Article

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