<p>Surgery and Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Single-Center Retrospective Study Focused on Clinical and Electrophysiological Subtypes</p>
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Zika virus infection and Guillain-Barré syndrome: a review focused on clinical and electrophysiological subtypes.
In 2016, we have seen a rapid emergence of Zika virus-associated Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) since its first description in a French-Polynesian patient in 2014. Current evidence estimates the incidence of GBS at 24 cases per 100 000 persons infected by Zika virus. This will result in a sharp rise in the number of GBS cases worldwide with the anticipated global spread of Zika virus. A better u...
متن کاملClinical and electrophysiological features of post-traumatic Guillain-Barré syndrome
BACKGROUND Post-traumatic Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rarely described potentially life-threatening cause of weakness. We sought to elucidate the clinical features and electrophysiological patterns of post-traumatic GBS as an aid to diagnosis. METHODS We retrospectively studied six patients diagnosed with post-traumatic GBS between 2014 and 2016 at Tianjin Medical University General Ho...
متن کاملImpact of Electrophysiological and Clinical Variants, and Timing of Plasmapheresis on Outcome of Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Introduction Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune polyneuropathy causing acute flaccid paralysis and it is known to improve with plasmapheresis. Objective To study effects of electrophysiological type of GBS, clinical variant of GBS and time taken for initiation of plasmapheresis on outcome of disease. Methods 50 consecutive patients of GBS attending tertiary care hospital underwe...
متن کاملGuillain-Barré syndrome: clinical profile and management
INTRODUCTION Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a fulminant polyradiculoneuropathy that is acute, frequently severe and autoimmune in nature. Etiology of GBS is incompletely understood, prognosis is usually good with early detection and prompt treatment. This retrospective study was done to evaluate clinical profile, epidemiological, laboratory, and electrodiagnostic features of patients with GBS...
متن کاملGuillain-barré syndrome: a clinical study of twenty children.
BACKGROUND Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute monophasic demyelinating neuropathy characterized by progressive motor weakness of limbs with areflexia. AIM To study the clinical pattern and outcome of children with Guillain-Barre syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS It was a cross-sectional study conducted in a pediatric unit of tertiary care hospital over a period of 18 months. We assesse...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1178-2021
DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s241128