Plasma exchange for chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy.

CONCLUSIONS: Moderate- to high-quality evidence from two small trials shows that plasma exchange provides significant short-term improvement in disability, clinical impairment, and motor nerve conduction velocity in CIDP but rapid deterioration may occur afterwards. Adverse events related to difficulty with venous access, use of citrate, and haemodynamic changes are not uncommon. We need more research to identify agents that will prolong the beneficial action of plasma exchange. PMID: 26305459 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26305459?dopt=Abstract

Source: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews - August 25, 2015 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Mehndiratta MM, Hughes RA, Pritchard J Tags: Cochrane Database Syst Rev Source Type: research