Plasmapheresis - CRRT Online
Plasmapheresis - CRRT Online
Plasmapheresis - CRRT Online
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Number of plasmaphereses needed<br />
Removal of IgM<br />
(Ward DM, Updates to Harrison’s Principle’s<br />
of Internal Medicine, Volume V, 1984)<br />
Removal of IgG<br />
(Ward DM, Updates to Harrison’s Principle’s<br />
of Internal Medicine, Volume V, 1984)<br />
Monoclonal IgM (mg/dl)<br />
IgG Autoantibody titer<br />
5000<br />
IgM<br />
1:20,480<br />
IgG<br />
980<br />
254<br />
<strong>Plasmapheresis</strong> procedures<br />
• IgM is large (~970,000 Daltons)<br />
• 90% of IgM stays intravascular<br />
<strong>Plasmapheresis</strong> procedures<br />
Most antibody mediated diseases:<br />
• IgG is smaller (~146,000 Daltons)<br />
• Only 25%-30% is intravascular<br />
dmward@ucsd.edu