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Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
most common) / Plasmapheresis ... Multiple myeloma / Plasmapheresis ... Diagnosis #Treatment #Management
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) Treatment
Warm AIHA:
1) Steroids - 1-2 mg/kg prednisone daily
   • Until
to temporize: Plasmapheresis ... AIHA #Treatment #management
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Schema for the Management ... albumin dialysis Plasmapheresis ... Cholangitis #PBC #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... • Consider plasmaphoresis ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
JEHOVAHS WITNESS BLOOD PRODUCT AND TECHNIQUE CONSENT / DECLINE CHECKLIST

COMPONENTS OF HUMAN BLOOD: 
Red Blood Cells,
Autotransfusion, Plasmapheresis ... Consent #Checklist #Management
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
treatment with IVIG or plasmapheresis ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Hypertriglyceridemia - Ultrafiltrate after Plasmapheresis

#Clinical #Photo #Hypertriglyceridemia #Ultrafiltrate #Plasmapheresis
Ultrafiltrate after Plasmapheresis ... Ultrafiltrate #Plasmapheresis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
equina TREATMENT • Plasmapheresis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
• Dialysis • Plasmapheresis