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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-11
pubmed:abstractText
We describe our experience with plasma exchange (PE) therapy in 13 patients with drug-induced toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), 4 of whom had malignant disorders. Skin lesions covered 17% to 100% of total body surface area and 1 to 4 mucous membranes were involved. None of the patients was hospitalized in a burn unit. The patients underwent from 2 to 5 PE sessions (mean 3.4 +/- 0.2 standard error of mean [SEM], median 3) exchanging 6.6 to 17.6 L of plasma (mean 10.1 +/- 0.7 SEM, median 10). PE sessions were carried out every other day in 8 patients and daily in 5. Three patients died (23%) while the remaining 10 (77%) had a full recovery. Plasmapheresis may be an effective treatment in patients with drug-induced TEN hospitalized outside a burn unit.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1091-6660
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
225-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Plasma exchange in patients with toxic epidermal necrolysis.
pubmed:affiliation
Renal Unit, General Hospital G. Papanikolaou, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article