The Concise Manual of Apheresis Therapy [Paperback]

This pocket-sized manual?serves as a concise and ideal reference work for therapeutic approaches using apheresis, Covering both basic theory and clinical details?to facilitate improved treatment and patient outcomes, the text considers a? variety of diseases, including myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, nephrotic syndrome, TTP/TMA, dilated cardiomyopathy, and many other conditions. The books also reviews the?growing trend towards adopting?this unique therapy for a wide range of health management issues such as morbid obesity and/or type 2 diabetes, and for lowering LDL-cholesterol (cholesterol apheresis) in patients unresponsive to medication or lifestyle modification. ?This pocket-sized manual?offers a concise reference for therapeutic
uses of apheresis. Includes myasthenia gravis, multiple sclerosis,
Guillain-Barre syndrome, chronic inflammatory demyelinating
polyneuropathy, nephrotic syndrome, TTP/TMA and many others.Part 1. Principles and Technologies.- Chapter 1. Theoretical background of Apheresis Therapy - Norio Hanafusa.- Chapter 2. Methods to Remove Pathogens - Tamami Tanaka.- Chapter 3. Decision to Prescribe PE, DFPP, or PA- Rei Isshiki.- Chapter 4. Plasma Exchange - Daisuke Katagiri.- Chapter 5. Double Filtration Plasmapheresis - Daisuke Katagri.- Chapter 6. Plasma Adsorption- Yasuyuki Watanabe.- Chapter 7. Cryofiltration - Daisuke Katagiri.- Chapter 8. Double Filtration Plasmapheresis Thermo-mode (DF Thermo)- Mizuki Yamano.- Chapter 9. Plasma Diafiltration - Hajime Nakae.- Chapter 10. Direct Plasma Adsorption - Mayumi Miwa.- Chapter 11. Cytapheresis - Yuki Itoh.- Chapter 12. Cell-free and Concentrated Ascites Reinfusion Therapy - Norio Hanafusa.- Part 2. Therapeutic Details.- Chapter 13. Choice of Apheresis Therapy- Eisei Noiri.- Chapter 14. Determination of Dosage and Frequency of Therapy- Norio Hanafusa.- Chapter 15. Vascular Access- Koji OkamolM