Early Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Pediatric Transverse Myelitis: A Case Report and Scoping Review
Akram Khan, José Peña, Genesis Briceño, Juliann M. Gronquist, Khurram Khan, Raju Reddy, Vijayshree Yadav, Asha Singh · 2024
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Akram Khan and co-authors pair a case report with a review on a rare spinal cord illness in children, in a 2024 paper. The illness, transverse myelitis, swells the cord and can leave lasting harm. When steroid drugs fail, doctors may swap a child's plasma, a step whose worth in children is still unclear.
The case follows a five-year-old boy with a long form of the illness. Given plasma swap early, plus steroids, he walked without aid by day four of the swap. Scans at three months showed the cord lesions largely gone, and by nine months he was near full health. Reviewed cases hint the early swap speeds recovery, but firm trials are still needed.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Akram Khan, José Peña, Genesis Briceño, Juliann M. Gronquist, Khurram Khan, Raju Reddy, Vijayshree Yadav, Asha Singh |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |