Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA.
Transfusion. 2012 Dec;52(12):2525-32; quiz 2524. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2012.03646.x. Epub 2012 Apr 15.
Plasma exchange (PEX) treatment for patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura-hemolytic uremic syndrome (TTP-HUS) has risk for major complications.
Data for PEX-related complications have been prospectively collected on all patients enrolled in the Oklahoma TTP-HUS Registry, 1996 to 2011. PEX-related complications have been defined as major or minor and as central venous catheter related or plasma related.
During 15 years, 1996 to 2011, 72 (24%) of 302 consecutive patients had major PEX-related complications. Analysis of five consecutive 3-year cohorts demonstrated that there has been a significant trend for decreasing frequency of all PEX-related major complications (p = 0.014) and central venous catheter-related major complications (p = 0.021) but not for the less common plasma-related major complications (p = 0.380). ADAMTS13 activity was measured in 288 (95%) of the 302 patients. Analysis of the 66 patients with ADAMTS13 activity of less than 10% demonstrated a significant trend for decreasing frequency of PEX-related major complications (p = 0.036); the trend for the 222 patients with ADAMTS13 activity of at least 10% was not significant (p = 0.118). The decreased frequency of PEX-related major complications among patients with ADAMTS13 activity of less than 10% may be related to a significant trend for decreasing duration of PEX treatment (p = 0.040) and decreasing frequency of requirement for more than one central venous catheter (p = 0.044). The decreased duration of PEX treatment may be related to increased use of adjunctive treatments: corticosteroids (p < 0.001) and rituximab (p < 0.001).
The frequency of PEX-related major complications has decreased from 1996 to 2011, possibly related to increased use of corticosteroids and rituximab and the decreased duration of PEX required to achieve remission.
对于血栓性血小板减少性紫癜-溶血尿毒综合征(TTP-HUS)患者,进行血浆置换(PEX)治疗存在发生重大并发症的风险。
自 1996 年至 2011 年,前瞻性收集了所有入组俄克拉荷马 TTP-HUS 登记处的患者的 PEX 相关并发症数据。将 PEX 相关并发症定义为主要或次要并发症,以及与中心静脉导管相关或与血浆相关的并发症。
在 1996 年至 2011 年的 15 年期间,302 例连续患者中有 72 例(24%)发生了主要的 PEX 相关并发症。对连续 3 年的 5 个队列进行分析,显示所有 PEX 相关主要并发症(p=0.014)和与中心静脉导管相关的主要并发症(p=0.021)的频率呈显著下降趋势,但不太常见的与血浆相关的主要并发症(p=0.380)的频率没有明显下降。在 302 例患者中,有 288 例(95%)检测了 ADAMTS13 活性。对 ADAMTS13 活性小于 10%的 66 例患者进行分析,发现 PEX 相关主要并发症的频率呈显著下降趋势(p=0.036);而对 ADAMTS13 活性至少为 10%的 222 例患者,这种趋势没有统计学意义(p=0.118)。ADAMTS13 活性小于 10%的患者中 PEX 相关主要并发症的频率降低,可能与 PEX 治疗持续时间的显著缩短(p=0.040)和需要更换中心静脉导管的频率降低(p=0.044)有关。PEX 治疗持续时间的缩短可能与辅助治疗的使用增加有关:皮质类固醇(p<0.001)和利妥昔单抗(p<0.001)。
自 1996 年至 2011 年,PEX 相关主要并发症的频率有所下降,这可能与皮质类固醇和利妥昔单抗的使用增加以及达到缓解所需的 PEX 治疗时间缩短有关。