Membrane devices for blood separation and purification

Abstract Apheretic therapies play an important role in the treatment of many diseases, both as first-line treatments and as rescue therapies, after failure or pharmacological toxicity or, again, in patients where a desirable achievement of the therapeutic objective in a short time. Apheretic technologies have evolved at a dizzying pace in recent decades. Therapeutic apheresis is almost always part of a therapeutic plan: therefore, a patient-centered approach to choose the most appropriate treatment, balancing personal preferences, drug interactions, and technological availability, can significantly influence the choice of technology/protocol to be used. If the wide variety of apheretic treatments can offer an increasingly personalized approach to the patient, it can also create an apprehension about the choice of the most appropriate therapy.