Abstract
Apheresis procedures are standard of care for a wide range of indications in children, collection of hematopoietic stem cells being the most frequent one. With increasing numbers of hematopoietic stem cell transplants, advances in graft manipulation techniques and the development of innovative therapies using immune effector cells and gene therapy, apheresis within the pediatric population is growing in demand. While young children have higher circulating white blood cell counts and robustly mobilize hematopoietic stem cells, apheresis machines were designed for use within the adult population and apheresis procedures in children, particularly small children, can be more challenging as vascular access, collection techniques and impact of extracorporeal volumes increase the rate of adverse events. In this article we review topics of particular relevance to hematopoietic stem cell and immune effector cell collections in small children.
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