The Italian SIdEM registry for apheresis: an overview of the 2005 statistics.
Int J Artif Organs
; 31(4): 354-62, 2008 Apr.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-18432593
ABSTRACT
Data collection on apheresis activities in Italy throughout 2005 including techniques, types of blood cell separators, clinical indications and adverse effects was performed by means of a standardized questionnaire. These data provided by 83 Apheresis Units from 16 Italian regions, albeit rough, are sufficiently informative, mainly in comparison with previous surveys on these statistics (1997 and 2000). In 2005 a total number of 204,746 apheresis procedures were carried out, with a clear-cut prevalence of apheresis production (87.7%), performed by 66 out of 83 Apheresis Units (79.5). Lombardy, Veneto and Tuscany were the most active regions for therapeutic apheresis (51.1% of the total national procedures). An increasing number in extracorporeal photochemotherapy as compared to the 2000 national survey (3,386 vs. 704 procedures) is the most striking observation to emerge from the 2005 data collection on therapeutic apheresis in Italy. Adverse effects, predominantly mild ones (i.e., paresthesia due to citrate-induced hypocalcemia), occurred in 0.12% of apheresis production and 6.04 of therapeutic sessions, particularly in the course of peripheral blood stem cell collection (20.79%), as already reported in the 2000 national survey.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Blood Component Removal
/
Registries
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Artif Organs
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Italia