A patient was treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (tpe), using a prismaflex tpe 2000 set and a prismaflex control unit for the first time.About 15 minutes after treatment start, once the first albumin bag had been infused, the patient reportedly became pale and felt unwell.The patient reportedly presented with a significant blood pressure drop to 70/50 mmhg, and their oxygen saturation was at 90% whereas they had no respiratory history.Treatment was discontinued and the patient received a bolus of 100 ml of isotonic saline solution, which led to an increase of blood pressure to 90/50 mmhg 10 minutes later.The physician suspected a hemolysis without back pain.No additional information is available.
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