Experiences with Plasma Exchange for Treatments of Paraquat Intoxication, SLE, and Acute Liver Failure

Abstract

Recently plasma exchange have been thought effective in the treatments of collagen diseases and diseases with autoimune antibodies. We also have treated two patients with SLE, a paraquat intoxication patient, and three patietns with acute liver failure with plasma exchange.
We used fresh frozen plasma of about 3L for one plasma exchange treatment.
In result, renal function was improved in a patient with SLE.
Paraquat intoxication patient was prevented from increase of pulmonary fibrosis. But three patients with acute liver failure were died.