Background: Double filtration plasmapheresis (DFPP) and (IA) are both used to clear antibody. However, the clinical efficacy and safety of DFPP in patients with anti-glomerular basement membrane (anti-GBM) disease are unclear.
Methods: The 28 enrolled patients diagnosed serologically and pathologically with anti-GBM disease from 2003 to 2013 included 16 treated with DFPP and 12 with IA, with all patients administered immunosuppressive agents.
Objective: To inquire into interleukin-10 (IL--10) level and monocyte expression of human leukocyte antigen--DR (HLA--DR) are predictors of infection and prognosis in critically ill patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).
Methods: A total of 43 critically ill patients undergoing continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) were recruited from the intensive care unit (ICU). Anti--coagulated blood was obtained at 1 day before and 4 days after undergoing CVVH, and plasma IL--10 level (enzyme linked immunosorbent assay) and HLA--DR expression (flow cytometry) were determined.
Aim: To investigate the potential role of continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) in hemodynamics and oxygen metabolism in pigs with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP).
Methods: SAP model was produced by intraductal injection of sodium taurocholate (4%, 1 mL/kg body weight (BW)) and trypsin (2 U/kg BW). Animals were allocated either to untreated controls as group 1 or to one of two treatment groups as group 2 receiving a low-volume CVVH (20 mL/(kg.
Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi
November 2003
Objective: To investigate the effect of continuous veno-venous hemofiltration (CVVH) in the treatment of acute severe hyponatremia.
Methods: Six patients with acute severe hyponatremia were studied, including 5 males and 1 female, aged 48.5 (25 - 61) years.