Open AccessTherapeutic plasma exchange in pediatric patients of Guillain-Barre syndrome: Experience from a Tertiary Care Centre
Author(s) -
Maitrey Gajjar,
Tarak Patel,
Nidhi Bhatnagar,
Meghana Solanki,
Vaidehi Patel,
Shital Soni
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/0973-6247.165834
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , fresh frozen plasma , catheter , complication , tertiary care , surgery , adverse effect , saline , guillain barre syndrome , anesthesia , pediatrics , platelet , physics , optics
Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) is performed effectively and safely in adult patients, but the use of TPE is limited in paediatric patients due to lack of universally accepted indications and technical challenges like establishment of adequate vascular access, low blood volume, increased incidence of adverse events during procedure and poor co-operation of patients during procedure. We present our experience of TPE in paediatric patients to assess the effectiveness and safety of TPE in paediatric patients.