The efficacy and safety of plasma exchange in patients with sepsis and septic shock: a systematic review and meta-analysis


1 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

2 Department of Haematology and Medical Oncology, CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

3 Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

4 George Fay Yee Center for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba/Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Winnipeg, Canada

5 Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

6 Section of Critical Care Medicine, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada

7 Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada

8 Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Population Health and Optimal Health Practices Unit, CHU de Québec Research Center, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

9 Departments of Medicine and of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada