plasmapheresis

IPA: pɫˈæzmʌfɝˈisɪs

(medicine) A procedure in which whole blood is removed from a donor or patient and centrifuged to isolate blood cells that are resuspended in a compatible solution and re-injected into the donor or patient.

Examples of "plasmapheresis" in Sentences

Plasmapheresis may also be useful.
Complications of plasmapheresis therapy.
In refractory cases plasmapheresis may be used.
Plasmapheresis are used in patients with severe disease.
In more extreme cases, plasmapheresis can be considered.
Plasmapheresis is used as a therapy in particular diseases.
Plasmapheresis may also be beneficial in improving outcome.
Plasmapheresis may reverse the ongoing platelet consumption.
I've separated plasmapheresis from corticosteroids as might be confused.
Plasmapheresis may be beneficial in severe disease or pulmonary hemorrhage.
Basically, they're using a technique called plasmapheresis to cleanse antibodies from patients' blood before transplantation.
She went through four sessions of a process called plasmapheresis, which removes the plasma from the blood and allows transplants to take place between two different blood types.
TPE also referred to as plasmapheresis is an extracorporeal blood purification technique to remove part of a patient's blood called plasma, while replacing it with another substance such as fresh frozen plasma or a solution containing albumin.
"You are going to die a lot earlier sitting on that dialysis machine than if you get transplanted," says Melancon, whose goal is to pair domino kidney exchanges and the blood-cleansing treatment called plasmapheresis to narrow the troubling disparities.