Plasma Exchange

SAN DIEGO — Preemptive continuous renal replacement therapy after therapeutic plasma exchange reduced mortality and improved other outcomes in patients with acute liver failure and cerebral edema, according to data from The Liver Meeting.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Hydralazine-induced autoimmune conditions may have a varied presentation, including drug-induced lupus or vasculitis, according to a speaker, here.

Plasma exchange did not reduce the incidence of death or end-stage kidney disease among patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.