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Table 3 Details of plasma exchange therapy

From: Therapeutic plasma exchange as rescue therapy in severe sepsis and septic shock: retrospective observational single-centre study of 23 patients

Patient

BMI (kg/m2)

Time ICU admission to TPE (days)

No. of TPE procedures (day of application)

Plasma volume (ml)

Total Volume exchange per PV

Anti-coagulation

Membrane/Centrifuge

1

24.9

0

2 (1,2)

3.70

1.6

Heparin

M

2

22.4

1

4 (2,3,4,5)

3.57

4.1

Citrate

M

3

17.9

2

1 (3)

2.30

1.1

Citrate

M

4

21.6

0

1 (1)

3.17

0.8

Citrate

M

5

24.2

8

1 (9)

3.85

0.9

Heparin

M

6

15.1

7

3 (9,10,12)

2.07

1.5

Heparin

M

7

26.3

0

3 (1,3,6)

4.41

1.8

None

M

8

26.0

2

1 (3)

3.20

0.5

None

M

9

22.0

2

3 (3,4,5)

2.60

1.9

Citrate

M

10

22.0

1

3 (2,3,4)

3.30

3.3

Heparin

M

11

29.3

25

2 (25,26)

4.26

0.4

None

M

12

30.7

14

3 (14–16)

5.66

1.6

Heparin

M

13

22.9

11

2 (11,13)

3.77

1.3

Heparin

M

14

18.8

16

1 (16)

3.07

0.8

Heparin

M

15

21.4

0

1 (1)

2.60

1.4

None

M

16

20.0

2

2 (2,3)

2.15

2.8

Heparin

M

17

22.5

1

2 (2,3)

3.05

1.6

Citrate

M

18

24.2

0

3 (1,3,4)

3.87

2.6

Citrate

M

19

31.2

1

1 (2)

4.38

0.6

None

M

20

23.7

0

2 (1,2)

2.83

1.8

Heparin

M

21

24.9

1

1 (2)

3.47

0.9

Citrate

C

22

24.2

0

1 (1)

3.77

0.8

Citrate

M

23

24.2

1

1 (2)

4.20

0.9

Citrate

C

  1. MI = body mass index, FFP = fresh frozen plasma, ICU = intensive care unit, PV = plasma volume,TPE = therapeutic plasmapheresis.