Rheologic studies before and after therapeutic cytapheresis and plasma exchange treatment

Changes in rheological properties of human blood before and after platelet pheresis were measured in patients with myeloproliferative diseases as well as in a control group of platelet donors. Although the subjective feeling of the patients during measurement did improve, a better rheological situat...

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Published in:	Beitrage zur Infusionstherapie = Contributions to infusion therapy Vol. 30; p. 301
Main Authors:	Waxenberger, Y, Schäd, S, Gross, D, Ullrich, H, Hohe, R, Langer, R, Henrich, H, Weibecke, D
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	German
Published:	Switzerland 1992
Subjects:	Blood Component Removal Blood Viscosity - physiology Erythrocyte Deformability - physiology Fibrinogen - metabolism Humans Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance - blood Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance - therapy Myeloproliferative Disorders - blood Myeloproliferative Disorders - therapy Paraproteinemias - blood Paraproteinemias - therapy Plasma Exchange Platelet Count Plateletpheresis
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Summary:	Changes in rheological properties of human blood before and after platelet pheresis were measured in patients with myeloproliferative diseases as well as in a control group of platelet donors. Although the subjective feeling of the patients during measurement did improve, a better rheological situation could not be demonstrated by the rheological parameters used. A reduction of platelets does not influence the viscosity of whole blood or of plasma. On the other hand, the viscosities of whole blood and plasma differed significantly before and after plasma-pheresis in patients with monoclonal gammopathies. The control group comprised patients without hyperviscosity syndrome and did not show any change in rheological parameters.
ISSN:	1011-6974