Abstract
Therapeutic plasmapheresis exchange (TPE) treatment is used successfully in many neurological diseases. At our center, TPE is used in many neurological cases in addition to various other diseases. In this study, data of patients who underwent TPE between January 2010 and December 2014 were analyzed. In total, 775 sessions, 114 cycles, and 86 patients’ date were evaluated and analyzed. The median age was 49.8 years. 75 patients were followed in the neurology department and 11 patients were followed in the internal medicine intensive care unit. The most common indications for plasmapheresis were myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, and polyneuropathies (respectively, %35, %21, %9.3). In TPE, hypotension developed much less in those using Fresh Frozen Plasma (FFP) as replacement fluid compared to those using albumin [respectively, 2 (%0.9); 25(%4.4)] (p
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