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Time line of treatment and clinical response.
| Treatment course | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day −1 | Day 0 | Day +1 | Day +2 | Day +3 | Day +4 | Day +5 | Day +6 | Day +7 | |
| TPE | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Steroids (mg) | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | |
| Hemodialysis | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 7.40 | 5.21 | 6.13 | 7.32 | 4.50 | 5.75 | 7.06 | 4.81 | 6.66 |
| O2 requirement (liter) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
TPE – therapeutic plasmapheresis; day 0 represents the first day of TPE.
