A strategy to conserve personal protective equipment while performing therapeutic plasma exchange in a patient with COVID-19

J Clin Apher. 2020 Aug;35(4):374-375. doi: 10.1002/jca.21801. Epub 2020 Aug 7.

Authors

Chelsea Reyes¹, Cynthia J Ornelas¹, Marian A Rollins-Raval¹, Anjali V Subbaswamy², John P Phillips^{2

3}, Jay S Raval¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus* / isolation & purification
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Child, Preschool
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Combined Modality Therapy
Coronavirus Infections / complications
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
Disinfection
Equipment Contamination / prevention & control
Equipment Reuse*
Female
Humans
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / therapeutic use
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / prevention & control
Infusion Pumps
Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
Myelitis, Transverse / therapy
Pandemics / prevention & control*
Personal Protective Equipment*
Plasma Exchange* / instrumentation
Plasma Exchange* / nursing
Pneumonia, Viral / complications
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
Quadriplegia / therapy
Respiration, Artificial
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Methylprednisolone