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Erythrocytapheresis in the Treatment of Patients with Hereditary Haemochromatosis
Řeháček, Vít ; Bláha, Milan (advisor) ; Gašová, Zdenka (referee) ; Penka, Miroslav (referee)
BACKGROUND: Hereditary hemochromatosis (HH) is one of the most common hereditary diseases of the Euro-American population. The disease is caused by increased absorption of iron from the intestine, regardless of its current stores in the body. Excess iron is stored in tissues and organs and causes their significant damage. HH treatment consists of regular blood withdrawal, activation of erythropoesis causes the utilization of excess iron and normalization of its reserves. The standard method of blood withdrawal is venipuncture, an alternative method with the possibility of collecting larger red cell volume in one procedure is erythrocytapheresis. The aim of the research was to create a group of patients with newly diagnosed HH, apply erythrocytapheresis, verify their effectiveness, optimize and standardize treatment to reduce ferritin levels in the induction phase of treatment below 50 μg/l and subsequently keep ferritin levels below 100 μg / l in the maintenance phase of treatment. METHODS: The group of patient was created in cooperation with hepatology departments of the Hradec Králové region, by testing related patients with HH and by screening blood donors. For erythrocytapheresis, a Haemonetics MCS+ separator (Haemonetics Corp., Braintree, MA, USA) was used. The SW of MCS+ can modify red cell...
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