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PLASMAPHERESIS


subject field: medicine: treatment
origination date: 02/09/2001
originator: Pamela
check date: 20/05/2002
checker: Pamela

Conceptual Structures
ISAHEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
ANCESTORSALL
CANCER-MEDICAL-SERVE
CANCER-TREATMENT
EVENT
HEALTH-SERVE
HEMATOPOIETIC-TREATMENT
MEDICAL-SERVE
PROFESSIONAL-SERVICE-EVENT
SERVICE-EVENT
SOCIAL-EVENT
TREATMENT-BY-BODY-PART-AFFECTED
TREATMENT-TO-ATTACK-CANCER
WORK-ACTIVITY


English
plasmapheresisdefinition: procedure involving the removal of plasma from blood extracted from patients/donors. The blood goes through a pheresis machine, which extracts the plasma, separating it from red and white blood cells and platelets. The blood cells are then returned to the donor. When this is done as a treatment for Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia, the plasma is replaced by a substitute and returned to the patient along with the blood cells to reduce the thickness of the blood. This is also a procedure for harvesting plasma from healthy people. (en)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term

Spanish
plasmaféresisgender: feminine
definition: procedimiento que consiste en la extracción de plasma de la sangre de paciente o donantes. Se pasa la sangre por una máquina de féresis para extraer el plasma, separándolo de los hematíes, leucocitos y plaquetas. A continuación las otras células sanguíneas se inyectan de nuevo al donante. Cuando este procedimiento se emplea como tratamiento para la macroglobulinemia de Waldenstrom, se reemplaza el plasma con un sustituto y se inyecta la sangre de nuevo en el paciente para hacer la sangre más fluida y menos espesa. Este también es un procedimiento para recolectar plasma de donantes sanos. (es)
number: singular
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
term type: main entry term