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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
How to obtain an optimal efficiency of plasma exchanges in the treatment of severe hyperthyroidism has not been defined. In order to evaluate how long the exchanges must be continued to be fully effective in extracting thyroid hormones, we evaluated the extraction rate by repeated plasma sampling in two hyperthyroid patients and three euthyroid subjects who underwent a total of seven exchanges. Plasma concentrations of thyroid hormones were also determined just before, just after, and 24 hours following the exchange. The hormonal removal rate did not fall dramatically during the exchange, so that its efficiency--in terms of hormone extraction--depends closely on its duration. The determination of plasma thyroid hormone concentrations after the exchange does not appear to be useful in evaluating the thyroid hormone loss since these concentrations may not change in spite of the hormonal extraction.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0753-3322
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
46
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
413-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Thyroid hormone extraction by plasma exchange: a study of extraction rate.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Hormonologie, Hôpital Sud, Amiens, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article