Pediatric Therapeutic Apheresis: A Critical Appraisal of Evidence

Apheresis technology has progressed significantly over the last 50 –60years from a predominately blood donation based procedure to one that now includes a variety of therapeutic modalities. The last 25years also has seen an increase in the number of diseases treated by therapeutic apheresis (TA) modalities. Because of ethical considerations, therapeutic modalitie s are often vetted first in adult populations before establishing utility in pediatric patients. TA is no different. The majority of published studies involve adult patients.
Source: Transfusion Medicine Reviews - Category: Hematology Authors: Source Type: research