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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2021

Plasma Exchange in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A Narrative Review.

Stathis Tsiakas, Smaragdi Marinaki, Sophia Lionaki, John Boletis

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Top ten tips in managing ANCA vasculitis.Clinical kidney journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stathis TsiakasClinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Smaragdi MarinakiClinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Sophia Lionaki2nd Department of Internal Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Attikon Hospital, 12462 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1643-8923
John BoletisClinic of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Laiko Hospital, 11527 Athens, Greece.
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is an adjunctive intervention to immunosuppression for the treatment of severe renal involvement or lung hemorrhage in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Patients with AAV have an increased risk for progression to end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or death despite advances in immunosuppressive therapy. The potential pathogenicity of ANCA makes TPE a reasonable treatment approach for the life-threatening complications of AAV. The efficacy of intensive TPE in rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis was originally described in small studies almost four decades ago. Further randomized trials examined the addition of TPE to standard of care, exhibiting mixed results in both patient and renal survival. The largest clinical trial to date, PEXIVAS, failed to demonstrate a clear benefit for TPE in severe AAV. In light of new evidence, the role of TPE remains controversial across the vasculitis medical community. The purpose of this review is to summarize the clinical indications and the current available data for the use of TPE in patients with severe AAV.

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ANCA-associated vasculitiskidney diseaseplasma exchangeplasmapheresisreview

Identifiers

PMID34768675
PMCPMC8584508
OpenAlexW3211285051

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