YouTube video by Joy Kong, MD explaining terminology and differences between plasmapheresis and plasma exchange. Early dialogue clarifies that plasmapheresis is the separation of whole blood into plasma and cellular components, and that while 'plasmapheresis' and 'plasma exchange' are often used interchangeably, they are not exactly the same.
A lot of people may be confused with the different words. So plasmapheresis is the same as plasma exchange. Are they exactly the same thing?
Actually, they're not, but they're used interchangeably in some way. Plasmapheresis is the act of the separation of whole blood into plasma and cells. That's what plasmaphoresis is.
Oh, I see.
Plasma exchange is the fact that we will probably form plasma, for instance, but in addition to that, we're going to throw the old plasma away and embrace it, exchange it with a new. A new fluid. In our situation, 5% of it.
