Plasma exchange and hemoperfusion therapy in extracorporeal life support / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

The progress and development of extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is suprising and on-going,especially extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become an accepted therapeutic modality for patients who have failed conventional therapy with respiratory and/or cardiac support.Blood purification developed from hemodialysis is designed to remove substances from the circulation and now includes hemodialysis,hemofiltration,immunoadsorption,continous blood purification and peritoneal dialysis.Plasma exchange and hemoperfusion play an important role in critically system diseases,i.e.,some kidney diseases,neurologic diseases,liver failure,metabolic diseases,connective tissue disease,infection diseases,intoxication and so on.