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Episode 46 - A PerPLEXing Journey | Introduction to Apheresis
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Red cells. White cells. Platelets. Plasma. Proteins. By your powers combined I am Captain… Whole Blood? Wouldn’t it be so much easier if we could work with each of these blood components individually. After all, we have to get them in a bag to donate to people. Before we swear off transfusion for the time being, join the Bloody Minded Crew as we learn the get back to basics of the apheresis machine, the concept of plasma exchange and how the magic of technology allows us to manipulate these components separately. Why keep all of your humours mixed together if you don’t have to? Hippocrates could never.
Timestamps
0:55 - Our stupidest and best intro to date
3:10 - What is apheresis?
8:05 - Indications for apheresis
13:21 - Mechanism of apheresis
17:52 - Replacement fluids
19:23 - Physiology in plasma exchange
22:13 - Complications of plasma exchange
30:50 - Take home messages
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Chapters
1. Episode 46 - A PerPLEXing Journey | Introduction to Apheresis (00:00:00)
2. Our stupidest and best intro to date (00:00:55)
3. What is apheresis? (00:03:10)
4. Indications for apheresis (00:08:05)
5. Mechanism of apheresis (00:13:21)
6. Replacement fluids (00:17:52)
7. Physiology in plasma exchange (00:19:23)
8. Complications of plasma exchange (00:22:13)
9. Take home messages (00:30:50)
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