Explore: Blood Component Removal

replace lost components of the blood. Early transfusions used whole blood, but modern medical practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as

white blood cells (or leukocytes) from the blood or blood components supplied for blood transfusion. After the removal of the leukocytes, the blood product

(separation of whole blood components). A donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (apheresis). Blood banks often participate

amino acids, and fatty acids (dissolved in the blood or bound to plasma proteins (e.g., blood lipids)) Removal of waste such as carbon dioxide, urea, and

aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components thereof from and to the blood circulation. It is thus

types of apheresis. Blood taken from a healthy donor can be separated into its parts during blood donation, where the needed component is collected and the

Blood plasma fractionation are the general processes separating the various components of blood plasma, which in turn is a component of blood obtained

antipsychotics, SSRIs, blood thinners and prostaglandin E1, as well as drugs such as cocaine. Ischemic priapism occurs when blood does not adequately drain

Thalassemias are a group of inherited blood disorders that manifest as the production of reduced hemoglobin. Symptoms depend on the type of thalassemia

of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products