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NEPHROLOGY
Suppl. 1 March 2020 emjreviews.com
A Change for Better
Exchange – From Membrane
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
to Centrifugal Therapeutic
Plasma Exchange
A Change for Better Exchange – From Membrane
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange to Centrifugal
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange
Authors: Jan T Kielstein,1 Carsten Hafer,1 Edward Zimbudzi,2 Scott Hawes3
1. Medical Clinic V, Nephrology | Rheumatology | Blood Purification, Tertiary Care and
Teaching Hospital, Klinikum Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
2. Monash Medical Centre, Department of Nephrology, Melbourne, Australia
3. Wessex Kidney Centre, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK
*Correspondence to kielstein@yahoo.com
Disclosure: Dr Kielstein has received research support and honoraria from Terumo BCT, Fresenius
European Edition NEPHROLOGY Suppl. 1 Mar
A Change for Better Exchange – From Membrane
INTRODUCTION Plasmapheresis is an extracorporeal
Table 1: Diseases for which therapeutic plasma ex
In mTPE, PRE is limited by plasma filtration rates
Fewer Clotting Events Although blood clotting and
specialty such as nephrology, to enable full use
were trained as super users and could pass on the
3. Padmanabhan A et al. Guidelines on 19
plasmapheresis in the United States: