Therapeutic plasma exchange as rescue therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: retrospective observational single-centre study of 23 patients

BACKGROUND: Several case series and small randomized controlled trials suggest that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) improves coagulation, hemodynamics and possibly survival in severe sepsis. However, the exact role of TPE in modern sepsis therapy remains unclear. METHODS: We performed a retrospect...

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Autores principales: Hadem, Johannes, Hafer, Carsten, Schneider, Andrea S, Wiesner, Olaf, Beutel, Gernot, Fuehner, Thomas, Welte, Tobias, Hoeper, Marius M, Kielstein, Jan T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3986467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24708653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-24

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3986467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24708653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2253-14-24

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