title: Pathophysiological changes of inflammatory syndrome in multiple sclerosis after instituting therapeutic plasmapheresis.
abstract: In autoimmune conditions affecting the central and peripheral CNS as well as in multiple sclerosis (MS), the inflammatory syndrome is present with the onset of this disease. The present paper aimed to highlight the inflammatory syndrome based on the leukergia test, the total blood viscosity test, blood filterability test as well as on other tests. The early instituting of the therapeutic plasmapheresis beneficially modified the clinical status, the biological and pathophysiological behavior of the patient's illness.Objective of the paper:The aim was to highlight the importance, advantages, and pathophysiological changes after therapeutic plasmapheresis in five cases, in patients hospitalized with the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.Material and method:In order to emphasize the inflammatory syndrome, the determination of leukergia assay, the total blood viscosity test and the blood filterability test were added to regular examinations, conducted on the batch of patients included in the study.Results and discussions:As a result of using therapeutic plasmapheresis, the inflammatory parameters in patients with multiple sclerosis improved beneficially as it was proven by the values of inflammatory tests before and after plasmapheresis.Conclusions:In the treatment of multiple sclerosis, plasmapheresis proved to be a medical method that significantly reduced autoimmune inflammatory "installed" syndrome.
authors.affiliation: "Alessandrescu-Rusescu" National Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vlaic
authors.affiliation: "Floreasca" Emergency Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Poalelungi
authors.affiliation: University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bălăeţ
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Purcărea
authors.affiliation: "Lil Med" Clinic, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bălăeţ
authors.affiliation: Center for Medical-Military Research, Bucharest, Romania; "Titu Maiorescu" University, Faculty of Medicine, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Coculescu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers
keywords: blood filterability test; leukergia test; multiple sclerosis; therapeutic plasmapheresis; total blood viscosity test