Improvement of quality of life after therapeutic plasma exchange in patients with myasthenic crisis

We sought to evaluate quality of life patients with myasthenic crisis before and after therapeutic plasma exchange. In our study we conducted an assessment of the quality of life with the use of the questionnaire SF-36, when executed eleven therapeutic plasma exchange. The assessment was made on bas...

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Published in:Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska 2016-11, Vol.50 (6), p.418-424
Main Authors: Rozmilowska, Izabela, Adamczyk-Sowa, Monika, Rutkowska, Katarzyna, Pierzchala, Krystyna, Misiolek, Hanna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Activities of Daily Living
Aged
Cohort Studies
Disease Progression
Female
Health Status
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Myasthenia gravis
Myasthenia Gravis - therapy
Pain
Plasma
Plasma Exchange
Plasmapheresis
Prospective Studies
Quality improvement
Quality of Life
Questionnaire SF-36
Surveys and Questionnaires
Therapeutic plasma exchange
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:We sought to evaluate quality of life patients with myasthenic crisis before and after therapeutic plasma exchange. In our study we conducted an assessment of the quality of life with the use of the questionnaire SF-36, when executed eleven therapeutic plasma exchange. The assessment was made on baseline and after 4 weeks. We also did neurological clinical evaluation before and after TPE. Patients in the study showed significant improvement in quality of life after performed therapeutic plasma exchange. The changes were observed in physical functioning, which confirmed the results of the statistical significance of p
ISSN:0028-3843
1897-4260
DOI:10.1016/j.pjnns.2016.07.005