OBJECTIVE: The World Apheresis Association (WAA) register contains data from more than 89 000 apheresis procedures in more than 12,000 patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate functional health and quality of life (QoL) in patients during apheresis treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Estimates of health condition (HC) were made in 40,445 and of QoL in 22112 apheresis procedures. This study focused on a 10-step graded evaluation of HC (scale from: 'bedridden, unable to eat' to a level of 'athletic competition') and self-assessment of QoL (scale from: worst ever '0' to best ever '10'). Data were compared in relation to various apheresis procedures and if the patient underwent the first or subsequent apheresis procedure. RESULTS: Of the patients treated with plasma exchange (PEX) with centrifugation technique (n = 15787) 10% were 'bedridden, unable to come out of bed' while for patients treated with plasma filtration technique (n = 1018) the percentage was 27%. During the first procedure these figures were 16% and 30%, respectively. Self-estimates of QoL were graded 'zero' or '1' in 1.6% of patients during the first apheresis procedure; At the first contact patients undergoing PEX graded like this in 4.3%. CONCLUSION: Many of the patients undergoing apheresis treatment have poor HC and QoL at the start of therapy. Of all therapeutic apheresis procedures patients undergoing PEX had the lowest score of QoL.

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• dospělí MeSH
• kvalita života * MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• registrace * MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• výměna plazmy * MeSH
• Check Tag
• dospělí MeSH
• lidé středního věku MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mladiství MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• senioři nad 80 let MeSH
• senioři MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• klinické zkoušky MeSH
• multicentrická studie MeSH

The WAA apheresis registry was established in 2003 and an increasing number of centers have since then included their experience and data of their procedures. The registry now contains data of more than 74,000 apheresis procedures in more than 10,000 patients. This report shows that the indications for apheresis procedures are changing towards more oncological diagnoses and stem cell collections from patients and donors and less therapeutic apheresis procedures. In centers that continue to register, the total extent of apheresis procedures and patients treated have expanded during the latest years.

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• lidé MeSH
• registrace MeSH
• separace krevních složek metody   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• přehledy MeSH

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• abstrakt z konference MeSH

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• autologní krevní transfuze metody   využití   MeSH
• cytaferéza metody   využití   MeSH
• erytrocyty MeSH
• financování organizované MeSH
• klinické zkoušky jako téma MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• plazmaferéza MeSH
• separace krevních složek metody   MeSH
• statistika jako téma MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• abstrakty MeSH

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• cytaferéza MeSH
• leukemie terapie   MeSH
• leukocyty patologie   MeSH
• počet leukocytů MeSH
• separace krevních složek MeSH
• transfuze leukocytů metody   využití   MeSH
• výsledek terapie MeSH
• Publikační typ
• abstrakty MeSH

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• cytomegalovirové infekce krev   přenos   MeSH
• dárci krve MeSH
• erytrocyty imunologie   MeSH
• kojenec MeSH
• kostní dřeň MeSH
• krevní transfuze MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• převod jednotlivých krevních složek MeSH
• transfuze erytrocytů MeSH
• výběr dárců MeSH
• Check Tag
• kojenec MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• ženské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• abstrakty MeSH
• kazuistiky MeSH