Therapeutic plasma exchange for the treatment of pediatric renal diseases in 2013.
Pediatr Nephrol
; 29(1): 35-50, 2014 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
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.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Troca Plasmática
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Nefropatias
Limite:
Child
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pediatr Nephrol
Assunto da revista:
NEFROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2014
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos