The cure rate of plasma exchange for kidney disease is not yet clinically accurate.
Plasma exchange (PE) is a commonly used method of blood purification. The treatment process is to draw the patient’s whole blood out of the body, separate it into plasma and cellular components, discard the plasma, and then infuse fresh plasma albumin fluid balance back into the body. It is suitable for the treatment of acute drug poisoning, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, myasthenia gravis crisis, thyroid crisis, and kidney disease.
In the case of poor drug effect, plasma replacement method can be chosen. The application of plasma replacement in certain renal diseases is more definite and effective, such as uremia, renal transplantation, anti-neutrophil plasma antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, cryoglobulinemia, focal segmental glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis, purpura nephritis, and IgA nephropathy.
Patients who intend to undergo plasma exchange should go to the hospital in time and be treated under the guidance of specialized physicians.