Procedures that draw blood, separate out one part such as plasma, platelets or white cells, and return the rest, including plasmapheresis, therapeutic plasma exchange, leukapheresis, photopheresis, LDL apheresis, immunoadsorption and rheopheresis. An entry belongs here when its own source describes a blood separation or filtration procedure. It excludes dialysis for kidney failure. Each member is a renal and transfusion therapy entry that the atlas covers as a subject in its own right, placed here on what its cited article says it is and how it is used, never on its name alone.
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Wikipedia: Plasmapheresis
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Plasmapheresis (from the Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation.
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Plasmapheresis (from the Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation.
View the Source Apheresis (Wikipedia)
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Apheresis (ἀφαίρεσις (aphairesis, "a taking away")) is a medical technology in which the blood of a person is passed through an apparatus that separates one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation.
Leukapheresis (Wikipedia)
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Leukapheresis ( ) is a laboratory procedure in which white blood cells are separated from a sample of blood.
Erythrocytapheresis (Wikipedia)
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Erythrocytapheresis is an apheresis procedure by which erythrocytes (red blood cells) are separated from whole blood.
Plateletpheresis (Wikipedia)
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Plateletpheresis (more accurately called thrombocytapheresis or thrombapheresis, though these names are rarely used) is the process of collecting thrombocytes, more commonly called platelets, a component of blood involved in blood clotting.
LDL apheresis (Wikipedia)
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In medicine, LDL apheresis is a form of apheresis, resembling dialysis, to eliminate the cholesterol-containing particle low-density lipoprotein (LDL) from the bloodstream.
Immunoadsorption (Wikipedia)
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Immunoadsorption is a procedure that removes specific blood group antibodies from the blood.
Rheopheresis (Wikipedia)
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Rheopheresis is a process to change the viscosity of blood by filtering blood to remove some components such as fibrinogen, alpha-2-macroglobulin, von Willebrand factor, LDL cholesterol and immunoglobulin M.
Aquapheresis (Wikipedia)
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Aquapheresis is a medical technology designed to remove excess salt and water from the body safely, predictably, and effectively from patients with a condition called fluid overload.
Photopheresis (Wikipedia)
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In medicine, photopheresis (aka extracorporeal photopheresis or ECP) is a form of apheresis and photodynamic therapy in which blood is subject to apheresis to separate buffy coat (WBC + platelets) from whole blood, chemically treated with 8-methoxypsoralen (instilled into a collection bag or given per os in advance), exposed to ultraviolet light (UVA), and then returned to the patient.
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