TY - JOUR
T1 - Proceedings of the Inaugural Strategy Meeting for the Establishment of a Southeast Asia Regional Therapeutic Plasma Exchange Consortium for Neurological Disorders
AU - Viswanathan, Shanthi
AU - Appiwatanakul, Metha
AU - Nayak, Ashwini
AU - Islam, Badrul
AU - Khatri, Bhupendra
AU - Pangeran, David
AU - Bambardekar, Himanshu
AU - Maharani, Kartika
AU - Tan, Kevin
AU - Alexander, Mathew
AU - Hussain, Mohammad E.
AU - Adenan, Mohd S.
AU - Danapaul, Nabil A.A.
AU - Khalife, Najib
AU - Ohnmar, Ohnmar
AU - Ong, Beng Hooi
AU - Estiasari, Riwanti
AU - Hanifa, Sari N.
AU - Siritho, Sasitorn
AU - Ng, Chen Fei
AU - Ratna, Sylvanie
AU - Umapathi, Thirugnanam
AU - Thit, Win M.
AU - Ramli, Yetty
AU - Lee, Yvonne Y.L.
AU - Hiew, Fu Liong
N1 - Funding Information:
SV (Conference Chairperson) and FLH (Head of Scientific Committee) would like to thank all the speakers and country representatives for sharing with us their work and valuable experience in the field of TPE in autoimmune neurological disorders. We appreciate all that they have contributed toward this very initial and beginning step of a regional collaboration in improving TPE services in SEA. This conference would not have been possible without the support from the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN), the Neuroimmunology Chapter of the MSN and educational support from Terumo BCT/Biomed Global.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgments: SV (Conference Chairperson) and FLH (Head of Scientific Committee) would like to thank all the speakers and country representatives for sharing with us their work and valuable experience in the field of TPE in autoimmune neurological disorders. We appreciate all that they have contributed toward this very initial and beginning step of a regional collaboration in improving TPE services in SEA. This conference would not have been possible without the support from the Malaysian Society of Neurosciences (MSN), the Neuroimmunology Chapter of the MSN and educational support from Terumo BCT/Biomed Global.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 International Society for Apheresis, Japanese Society for Apheresis, and Japanese Society for Dialysis Therapy
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - In conjunction with the third regional Southeast Asian (SEA) therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 clinicians and researchers from SEA and South Asian countries attended the inaugural strategy meeting for the establishment of a regional TPE consortium for neurological disorders. The primary objective was to establish regional collaboration to improve delivery of TPE services in SEA. A pre-meeting survey was conducted to gather insights on disease spectrum, contextual practice challenges, and the need for a regional TPE consensus. Challenges identified include limited healthcare funding in support of diagnostic workup, TPE therapy, as well as development of clinical infrastructure and expertise capacity building. There was favorable interest in developing a working plan contextualized to this region. Strategies to overcome challenges were discussed. This included the need for a comprehensive referral system and network of regional TPE centers suited to local needs, supported by innovative TPE delivery programs.
AB - In conjunction with the third regional Southeast Asian (SEA) therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25 clinicians and researchers from SEA and South Asian countries attended the inaugural strategy meeting for the establishment of a regional TPE consortium for neurological disorders. The primary objective was to establish regional collaboration to improve delivery of TPE services in SEA. A pre-meeting survey was conducted to gather insights on disease spectrum, contextual practice challenges, and the need for a regional TPE consensus. Challenges identified include limited healthcare funding in support of diagnostic workup, TPE therapy, as well as development of clinical infrastructure and expertise capacity building. There was favorable interest in developing a working plan contextualized to this region. Strategies to overcome challenges were discussed. This included the need for a comprehensive referral system and network of regional TPE centers suited to local needs, supported by innovative TPE delivery programs.
KW - Central nervous system demyelination
KW - Immunomodulatory therapy
KW - Peripheral nervous system demyelination
KW - Southeast Asia
KW - Therapeutic plasma exchange
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066143156&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/1744-9987.12806
DO - 10.1111/1744-9987.12806
M3 - Article
C2 - 30927331
AN - SCOPUS:85066143156
SN - 1744-9979
VL - 23
SP - 289
EP - 297
JO - Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis
JF - Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis
IS - 3
ER -