Open AccessRole of plasma exchange in management of patients clinically diagnosed of postpartum thrombotic microangiopathies: A retrospective observation from a tertiary health-care center
Author(s) -
Prashant Pandey,
A. K. Bhatt,
Vijay Kumar Sinha,
Nitin Agarwal,
Gopal Agrawal
Publication year - 2020
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/ajts.ajts_43_18
Subject(s) - medicine , creatinine , microangiopathic hemolytic anemia , schistocyte , gastroenterology , platelet , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , lactate dehydrogenase , anemia , pregnancy , hemoglobin , population , biochemistry , chemistry , environmental health , biology , genetics , enzyme
Diagnosis of postpartum thrombotic microangiopathies in pregnancy is a challenge, but plasma exchange (PE) is life-saving in such cases. This study was conducted with the aim to find the result of the early start of PE in such patients.