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The first primary microangiopathic haemolytic anaemia was identified as thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) by Dr Moschowitz in 1924. At that time, the classic pentad of clinical features, still used today, included fever, erythrocyte fragmentation, thrombocytopenia, kidney injury and neurologic injury.1 It ...
Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an extracorporeal technique that involves separating a large volume of a patient’s plasma from the cellular components of the blood and replacing it with appropriate fluids.1 In patients with conditions that are induced and/...
Classification The two basic forms of thrombotic microangiopathies, excluding disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), include thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP), and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Early historic reports noted the presence of hemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia in both disorders and suggested differentiation ...
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