Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Children with Neutropenic Sepsis: Single Center Experience

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Ozdemir Z. C., Kar Y. D., BÖR Ö.

JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM, cilt.8, sa.2, ss.59-62, 2018 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 8 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.5152/jarem.2017.1576
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN MEDICINE-JAREM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.59-62
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objective: The mortality rate is high for severe sepsis and septic shock. Presently, there are no specific treatments that can reduce mortality in patients with sepsis and multiple organ dysfunction. Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is the automatic separation of a patient's plasma using medical devices and its replacement with healthy donor plasma. TPE may be beneficial in selected cases, even though not routinely recommended by international sepsis guidelines.