Figure 3From: Therapeutic plasma exchange as rescue therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: retrospective observational single-centre study of 23 patients Platelet count before and after first therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) in non-survivors and survivors. Platelet counts as surrogate marker of septic microangiopathy are presented relating to the time of first TPE: 1Â day before initiation of TPE (d-1), day of TPE (d0), 1Â day after TPE (d+1), 2Â days after TPE (d+2), 3Â days after TPE (d+3), 4Â days after TPE (d+4), 5Â days after TPE (d+5), 6Â days after TPE (d+6).Back to article page