Effects of preoperative plasma exchange therapy with albumin replacement fluid on blood coagulation in patients undergoing ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation using rotational thromboelastometry

Effects of preoperative plasma exchange therapy with albumin replacement fluid on blood coagulation in patients undergoing ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation using rotational thromboelastometry

Abstract Background ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) requires immunotherapy and plasma exchange therapy (PEX). PEX with albumin replacement fluid reportedly decreases fibrinogen levels. However, no reports have described the effects of PEX with albumin replacement fluid on...

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Main Authors: Kazuhiro Shirozu, Naoyuki Fujimura, Yuji Karashima, Mizuko Ikeda, Hidehisa Kitada, Yasuhiro Okabe, Kei Kurihara, Tomoko Henzan, Sumio Hoka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
ROTEM
Thromboelastometry
ABO-incompatible living-donor kidney transplantation
Plasma exchange therapy with albumin replacement fluid
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-018-0536-2

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