Plasmapheresis in the Treatment of Refractory Myoclonic Status. A Case Report

Judit Gutierrez-Gutierrez, Reyes Muñoz-Calahorro, Laura Bermejo-Guerrero, Zaira Molina-Collado, Ignacio Saez de la Fuente, Jose Angel Sánchez-Izquierdo

Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

DOI: 10.2478/jccm-2021-0041

A case of myoclonic status treated with plasmapheresis in a patient of 63 years of age who was admitted to a Spanish intensive care unit is reported. The patient showed clinical and radiological evidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection; molecular tests did not verify this.

Keywords: Coronavirus, neurologic symptoms, plasmapheresis, myoclonic status

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