Demyelinating Diseases Unit
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The recently completed investigations at the Demyelinating illnesses unit was made possible thanks to a multidisciplinary team that included professional from the various hospital departments as well as external organisations. The unit collaborated with with various National and International groups to complete the clinical trials of the pharmaceuticals, observational studies and multi centre academic projects in Catalonia.
All carried out within the following strategic framework:
- Cell therapy with mesenchymal cells and basic translational investigations with tolerogenic dendritic cells.
- Basic investigation of cellular biology and animal models with multiple sclerosis, as well as translational biomarkers and genetic polymorphisms
- Pharmacological Investigation clinical trials from phase I, II, III and IV
- Treatment of a flare up of multiple sclerosis
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The demyelinating diseases unit is faced daily with ever more complex diagnosis and treatments for patients with multiple sclerosis or with other autoimmune demyelinating diseases (where the myelin sheath covering the neurons is destroyed by the bodies own defences attacking it)
In the unit, there are Neurologists and an experienced team of nurses caring for these patients, who apply standard medical protocols and nursing practises. Also working there are a interdisciplinary team of specialists trained in both diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the medical complications associated with these diseases. Also, there is a neurorehabilitation team, consisting of specialists in rehabilitation, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists.
In general, the goal of the unit is to share specialist medical treatments for multiple sclerosis and similar diseases by using a multidisciplinary approach. We are trying to increase the capabilities, participation and self-sufficiency of patients to improve their independence and quality of life.
Tipus Servei: 9
Correu: esclerosismultiple.germanstrias@gencat.cat
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Postgraduate teaching
The members of the unit participate in the training of the resident Doctors at the Hospital and also the nursing team, physiotherapists and occupational therapists involved in this area of healthcare.
Continuous training
The Demyelinating Diseases Unit have just completed a training program ,accredited by the Catalan Board of on-going Professional Healthcare Training. They have just completed two, monthly, clinical sessions, in which they participated as lecturers and pupils, the members of the interdisciplinary team and the resident Doctors from the unit, as well as, on occasion, neurologists from the Mataro Hospital and the Guttman Institute
They also carry out weekly sessions together with all of the unit personnel, to discuss clinical cases and therapeutic decisions, as well as questions related to investigation and training.
Coordinator for Demyelinating and Neuro immunology Diseases
Sílvia Presas Rodríguez
Medical specialist. Pre-Doctoral Candidate: Demyelinating diseases Unit. Responsible for the Neuro oncology surgery.
Irene Bragado Trigo
Medical specialist. Pre-Doctoral Candidate: Demyelinating diseases Unit.
Consuelo Molinos Gonzalo
Nurse coordinator for investigations and clinical trials
Raquel Macías Carretero
Neurology secretarial assistant
Susi Soler
Technical research secretary
The demyelinating diseases unit is faced daily with ever more complex diagnosis and treatments for patients with multiple sclerosis or with other autoimmune demyelinating diseases (where the myelin sheath covering the neurons is destroyed by the bodies own defences attacking it)
In the unit, there are Neurologists and an experienced team of nurses caring for these patients, who apply standard medical protocols and nursing practises. Also working there are a interdisciplinary team of specialists trained in both diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of the medical complications associated with these diseases. Also, there is a neurorehabilitation team, consisting of specialists in rehabilitation, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and speech therapists.
In general, the goal of the unit is to share specialist medical treatments for multiple sclerosis and similar diseases by using a multidisciplinary approach. We are trying to increase the capabilities, participation and self-sufficiency of patients to improve their independence and quality of life.
- Scheduled consultations three days per week
- Emergency treatment and specialists
- Emergency service 365 days of the year and 24 hours per day, by the duty neurologist
- Specialist treatment in urology, opthalmology, neuropsychology and rehabilitation
- Specialisation in diagnostic techniques: MRI, immunology, neurophysiology and rehabilitation
- Specialised nursing
- Daily telephone consultations
- Day Clinic for treatments and lumbar punctures
- Hospitalisation for Neurology when necessary.
The Demyelinating Diseases Unit has it's own blog dedicated to multiple sclerosis, it can be accessed using this link
The recently completed investigations at the Demyelinating illnesses unit was made possible thanks to a multidisciplinary team that included professional from the various hospital departments as well as external organisations. The unit collaborated with with various National and International groups to complete the clinical trials of the pharmaceuticals, observational studies and multi centre academic projects in Catalonia.
All carried out within the following strategic framework:
- Cell therapy with mesenchymal cells and basic translational investigations with tolerogenic dendritic cells.
- Basic investigation of cellular biology and animal models with multiple sclerosis, as well as translational biomarkers and genetic polymorphisms
- Pharmacological Investigation clinical trials from phase I, II, III and IV
- Treatment of a flare up of multiple sclerosis
Postgraduate teaching
The members of the unit participate in the training of the resident Doctors at the Hospital and also the nursing team, physiotherapists and occupational therapists involved in this area of healthcare.
Continuous training
The Demyelinating Diseases Unit have just completed a training program ,accredited by the Catalan Board of on-going Professional Healthcare Training. They have just completed two, monthly, clinical sessions, in which they participated as lecturers and pupils, the members of the interdisciplinary team and the resident Doctors from the unit, as well as, on occasion, neurologists from the Mataro Hospital and the Guttman Institute
They also carry out weekly sessions together with all of the unit personnel, to discuss clinical cases and therapeutic decisions, as well as questions related to investigation and training.
Contacte: esclerosismultiple.germanstrias@gencat.cat