Apheresis article

April 25, 2008

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Sandra Leighton writes about apheresis in the April (2008) edition of Nursing… “During apheresis, a blood component (red cells, white cells, platelets, or plasma) is removed from blood using a cell separator; the remaining blood components are then returned to the donor or patient. Many types of apheresis are available to treat various conditions, from initiating the process of reproducing bone marrow in cancer patients after chemotherapy to treating graft-versus-host disease…” (Leighton 2008).

Reference

Leighton S.C. (2008) The spin on apheresis. Nursing. 38(4), p.29-31.