Therapeutic plasma exchange in non-hematooncological disorders in pediatrics: A single center experience.

The use of therapeutic plasma exchange in the pediatric age group is mostly based on retrospective, single-center experiences. The decision to implement apheresis in pediatric patients is usually adopted from the results of studies on adult patients. In order to expand the limited data on pediatric TPE in general and non-hematooncological disorders in particular, we retrospectively evaluated TPE experience in pediatric patients who underwent the procedure for reasons other than hematooncological disorders.

Complications of therapeutic apheresis in children.

Unlabelled: Since the equipment of therapeutic apheresis is prepared for adults, the use of it in children may lead to higher complication risks and there are little data in children undergoing therapeutic apheresis.

Methods: In this study the complications experienced during therapeutic apheresis in children between April 2010 and May 2012 at our center are analyzed retrospectively. There were 14 patients who had undergone a total of 50 sessions of therapeutic apheresis.

Numerous granulocyte transfusions to a patient with severe aplastic anemia without severe complication.

One of the most important morbidity causes of aplastic anemia is invasive fungal infections. It could not be possible to take control of infection without neutrophils despite the recent developments in the antifungals. In this presented case, a patient with severe aplastic anemia, granulocyte transfusion were administered as 46 times because of the presence of widely invasive aspergillosis and resistance.