Apheresis procedures at the Institute of Hematology and Immunology

Revista Cubana de Hematología, Inmunología y Hemoterapia

de la Cruz Zayas, Nivia¹  Salgado Arocena, Odalys¹  González Iglesias, Ana Iris¹  Fernández Delgado, Norma¹  González Suárez, Tania¹  Torres, Roy Román¹ 

[1] Instituto de Hematología e Inmunología, La Habana, Cuba

关键词: apheresis;    production;    therapeutic;    plasmapheresis;    exchange transfusion;    leukocytapheresis;    thrombocytapheresis;   

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学科分类：生理学与病理学

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: in recent decades, interest in apheresis has increased due to advances in technology that have made them available to health professionals with access to specific equipment, safety, effectiveness and speed to perform these procedures in terms of transfusion and therapeutics.Objective: to present the experience gained at the Institute of Hematology and Immunology in performing different types of apheresis.Methods: adescriptive retrospective study was performed which included all patients who underwent an apheresis procedure between January 2008 and December 2013. Variables were: patient´s general data, the establishment of provenance, method where analyzed apheresis was performed, method used, and diseases requiring the proceeding.Results: 3 332 apheresis proceedings were done : 1 057 for production with thrombopheresis prevalence which ranked 96,68%. Of the 1 078 therapeutic apheresis performed, the first place went to plasmapheresis with 26,5 %, followed by exchange transfusions (15,8 %); 1 197 apheresis of mononuclear cells and platelets to be used in regenerative medicine were also conducted.Conclusions: the results of this preliminary study show the gradual development in the use of apheresis procedures in our institution, with both production and therapy aims, which not only allows the diffusion of production of components by apheresis which provides physicians and patients in need of blood products with higher quality and security replacement therapy, but also provides knowledge about the actual possibilities for alternative therapy in some diseases.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC