The journal article, 'therapeutic plasma exchange: a potential therapeutic modality for critically ill adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection', describes a retrospective analysis on covid-19 patients admitted to the intensive care unit and treated with therapeutic plasma exchange (tpe) from april 17, 2020 to july 2, 2020.A total of 95 patients were included, among whom 47% (n = 45) received tpe.In terms of tpe safety in the cohort, decreased arterial blood pressure was reported in 4.1% (n = 5) of procedures, of which 3.0% (n = 4) required vasopressors support.Potential line related infections were detected in 13% (n = 6) of the patients.The article does not provide patient details, therefore this report is being submitted as a summary of events.The disposable sets are not available for return for evaluation.
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Lot number, expiry and manufacture dates are not available.Investigation is in process, a follow-up report will be provided.Article citation: al-hashami, sabria,khamis, faryal,al-yahyay, maha,al-dowaiki, samata,al-mashaykhi, louza,al-khalili, huda,chandwani, juhi,al-salmi, issa,al-zakwani, ibrahim (2022).Therapeutic plasma exchange: a potential therapeutic modality for critically ill adults with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection journal of clinical apheresis, n/a(n/a), e-pub, ahead of print.
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