Therapeutic plasma exchange for hyperviscosity syndrome in IgA multiple myeloma
Yurtsever N, Binns T, Hendrickson J, Tormey C, Lee E. Therapeutic plasma exchange for hyperviscosity syndrome in IgA multiple myeloma. Lab Medicine 2024, lmae054. PMID: 39038224, DOI: 10.1093/labmed/lmae054.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA multi‐institutional survey of apheresis services among institutions in the United States
Yurtsever N, Jacobs J, Booth G, Schwartz J, Park Y, Woo J, Lauro D, Torres S, Ward D, Stephens L, Allen E, Tormey C, Adkins B. A multi‐institutional survey of apheresis services among institutions in the United States. Journal Of Clinical Apheresis 2024, 39: e22138. PMID: 38979705, DOI: 10.1002/jca.22138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTherapeutic plasma exchangeRed blood cell exchangeCell collectionSpectra Optia apheresis systemMulti-institutional surveyHematopoietic progenitor cell collectionProgenitor cell collectionUS academic centersCAR-TPlasma exchangeApheresis therapyGene therapyTransfusion medicine serviceCellular therapyApheresis practiceApheresis systemCell exchangeAcademic medical centerClinical trialsAcademic centersHPC-AApheresisMedical CenterTherapyCoronavirus disease 2019Cost-effectiveness of rapid vs in-house vs send-out ADAMTS13 testing for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Allen C, Ito S, Butt A, Purcell A, Richmond R, Tormey C, Krumholz H, Cuker A, Goshua G. Cost-effectiveness of rapid vs in-house vs send-out ADAMTS13 testing for immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Blood Advances 2024, 8: 2279-2289. PMID: 38502197, PMCID: PMC11116991, DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2024012608.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraPLASMIC scoreThrombotic thrombocytopenic purpuraThrombocytopenic purpuraADAMTS13 testingIncremental net monetary benefitPer-patient cost savingsTherapeutic plasma exchangeBase-case analysisMarkov cohort simulationProbabilistic sensitivity analysesAmount of QALYEmpirical therapyADAMTS13 assaysPlasma exchangeEmpirical treatmentCaplacizumabFRET-based assayPrimary outcomePatientsNet monetary benefitCohort simulationCost-effectiveness evaluationPurpuraTesting strategiesSevere, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions.
Namineni N, Waldron C, Tormey C, Goshua G. Severe, Refractory Primary Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia Requiring 90 Erythrocyte Transfusions. Annals Of Internal Medicine Clinical Cases 2024, 3 PMID: 38725710, PMCID: PMC11081177, DOI: 10.7326/aimcc.2023.1141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWarm autoimmune hemolytic anemiaAutoimmune hemolytic anemiaHemolytic anemiaSevere warm autoimmune hemolytic anemiaMonths of follow-upHealthy 60-year-old manTherapeutic plasma exchangeHospital day 1Erythrocyte transfusionTransfusion-dependentRefractory diseasePlasma exchangeImmune globulinHospital stayFollow-upDay 1AnemiaHospitalRituximabReticulocytopeniaRemissionSplenectomyTransfusionPatientsStay