Medical techniques to separate one or more components of blood
For the linguistic term, see Apheresis (linguistics).
"Pheresis" redirects here. Not to be confused with Phoresis.
Apheresis
Whole blood enters the centrifuge (1) and separates into plasma (2), leukocytes (3), and erythrocytes (4). Selected components are then drawn off (5).
MeSH
D016238
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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 out one particular constituent and returns the remainder to the circulation. It is thus an extracorporeal therapy.
One of the uses of apheresis is for collecting stem cells.[1]
^Katherine, Abel (2013). Official CPC Certification Study Guide. American Medical Association. p. 128.
uses of apheresis is for collecting stem cells. Depending on the substance that is being removed, different processes are employed in apheresis. If separation...
blood donation interval criteria for apheresis requires at least 48 hours interval after platelet- or plasma-apheresis. Any donation should not be done more...
In medicine, LDL apheresis is a form of apheresis, resembling dialysis, to eliminate the cholesterol-containing particle low-density lipoprotein (LDL)...
Leukocyte apheresis is a medical device therapy (selective granulocyte/monocyte adsorptive {GMA} apheresis; GMDN code: 47306) for the treatment of inflammation...
performing apheresis in pediatric patients, with the understanding that the apheresis technology and equipment used to perform adult apheresis are also...
of Therapeutic Apheresis in Clinical Practice-Evidence-Based Approach from the Writing Committee of the American Society for Apheresis: The Seventh Special...
Donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (apheresis). Blood banks often participate in the collection process as well as the...
concentrates or suspensions; platelets produced from whole blood or via apheresis; plasma; and cryoprecipitate. Plasma derivatives are plasma proteins prepared...
taking the drug and some patients are statin-intolerant. Lipoprotein apheresis therapy is another nonsurgical treatment for reducing LDL-C concentrations...
for Apheresis (ASFA) is an organization of physicians, scientists, nurses, and allied health professionals whose mission is to advance apheresis medicine...
blood and pooled to make a therapeutic dose, or collected by platelet apheresis: blood is taken from the donor, passed through a device which removes...
dish in the Romanesco dialect eventually became matriciana due to the apheresis typical of this dialect. While tomato-less gricia is still prepared in...
a million. Packed red blood cells are produced from whole blood or by apheresis. They typically last for three to six weeks. The widespread use of packed...
pronounced as a single syllable, /ˈliːt/, rhyming with eat, by way of apheresis of the initial vowel of "elite". It may also be pronounced as two syllables...
company manufactured raw material for production of coenzyme Q10, and apheresis devices, where blood of a donor or patient is passed through an apparatus...
Autotransfusion) Apheresis Plasmapheresis vs cytapheresis centrifugal apheresis vs filtration apheresis vs adsorption cascade apheresis Hemoadsorption/Hemoperfusion...
platelets can also be donated individually via a more complex process called apheresis. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that all donated blood...
donation centers will sometimes collect only plasma from AB donors through apheresis, as their plasma does not contain the antibodies that may cross react...
cells are separated from a sample of blood. It is a specific type of apheresis, the more general term for separating out one particular constituent of...
exchange transfusion involving removal of the person's blood plasma through apheresis and replacement with donor plasma (fresh frozen plasma or cryosupernatant);...
rouge, beige and genre. However, silent ⟨k⟩ and ⟨g⟩ occur because of apheresis, the dropping of the initial sound of a word. These sounds used to be...
of blood for analysis. Some types are used mainly for the purpose of apheresis or dialysis. They have also been used in total parenteral nutrition (TPN)...
Red Cross Tower National Blood Center was named Don Emilio T. Yap Blood Apheresis Center in honor of his charitable works with the organization. Alfonso...
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