hemapheresis

Question 1

hemaphresis also known as? which also means?

Answer 1

apheresis
means to SEPARATE or REMOVE

Question 2

Blood is drawn from the donor and separated to components. The remaining constituents are recombined and returned to the donor. this refers to?

Answer 2

aphresis “hemaphresis”

Question 3

has therapeutic uses like it removes component in overload cases.

Answer 3

aphresis “hemaphresis”

Question 4

common method of aphresis “hemaphresis”

Answer 4

centrifugation separation or membrane filtration (occasionally)

The centrifugal force separates the blood to components.

Question 5

duration of the process and the most common anticoagulant used

Answer 5

Duration: 60-150 mins
Anticoagulant: Adenine-Citrate-Dextrose (ACD)

Question 6

what is plateletpheresis?

equal to — random platelet concentrations

Answer 6

removal of platelets

6-10 random platelet concentrations (3x10^11)

Question 7

plateletpheresis

what are the uses?

Answer 7

used to treat patients who have abnormally elevated platelet counts (>1000000 /ul) like in POLYCYTHEMIA VERA

Question 8

plateletpheresis

donation interval
should not exceed —

Answer 8

2 days
should not exceed twice a week or more than 24 times a year

Question 9

plateletpheresis - true or false

donors with aspirin containing medications are deferred for 3 days

Answer 9

48 hours

Question 10

what is leukapheresis?

enumerate the uses of this type of apheresis

Answer 10

removal of granulocytes (leukocytes)

used to treat patients with leukemia

Question 11

leukapheresis

what is the sedimenting agent that must be given to donors to facilitate collection.

what is the disadvantage of this sedimenting agent?

Answer 11

hydroxyethyl statch

it increases blood volume

Question 12

leukapheresis

corticosteroids is administered to the donors — hrs — apheresis to?

Answer 12

12-24 hrs BEFORE apheresis to increase the number of circulating granulocytes

Question 13

what is lymphocytapheresis??

Answer 13

means of producing immunosuppression in conditions like SLE, kidney transplant rejection

Question 14

erythrocytapheresis is the — of RBCs and it is considered as an —

Answer 14

removal of RBCs
considered as an exchange procedure

Question 15

erythrocytapheresis

predetermined quantity of red cells are removed from the patients and?

Answer 15

replaced with homologous blood

Question 16

erythrocytapheresis

enumerate the uses

Answer 16

used to treat for:
- complications of sickle cell anemia
- patients with Malaria and Babesia

Question 17

what is neocytapheresis?
what are the uses?

Answer 17

transfusion of young RBCs

for young patients with certain hematologic disorders especially THALASSEMIA SYNDROMES

Question 18

what is plasmapheresis?

this is to collect?

Answer 18

used to removed offending agent in the plasma from the blood which causing clinincal symptoms in cases of paraproteinemia, familial hypercholesterolemia

rare red and white cell antibodies

Question 19

plasmapheresis is beneficial particularly in diseases that?

Answer 19

involve malfunction of immune system