Anemia in Patients undergoing Chronic Therapeutic Plasma Exchange

Therapeutic plasma exchange is known to be an extracorporeal treatment procedure with less adverse effects. Anemia in chronically exchanged patients is not a well-recognized adverse effect. Our aim is to find if adult patients develop anemia while undergoing prolonged TPE treatments and to determine the time of onset of anemia. We retrospectively reviewed all outpatients that have undergone TPE at least once a week from July 2017 to March 2020. Kaplan-Meier time-to-event analysis was employed to calculate the time taken for development of anemia and time to reduction of hemoglobin by 1g/dL from baseline in uncensored patients.

Source: Transfusion and Apheresis Science - December 28, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Nichole LePage, Esther Soundar Source Type: research