SUN-271 PLASMAPHERESIS: EXPERIENCE AT A SOCIAL SECURITY CENTER IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA

Abstract

Plasmapheresis is a technique of extracorporeal treatment. Consisting in separate of plasma the elements of blood in order to eliminate pathogenic factors presents in the plasma, that causing a disease usually autoimmune or immunologic origin. General objective: Present the experience in plasmapheresis at the Obrero Hospital No 1, center of Social Security in La Paz, Bolivia. Specific objectives. Historically, to announce the professionals who done plasmapheresis by transmembrane filtration method for the first time in Bolivia.