Guillain–Barre´ syndrome in children
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Faruk Incecik • M. Ozlem Hergu¨ner • Sakir Altunbasak
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Guillain–Barre´ syndrome (GBS) is one of the reasons of acute polyneuropathy causing severe morbidity and mortality. Forty-six patients with GBS were included in our study. Clinical, laboratory, electrophysiological and prognostic features of the patients were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were divided into two groups. Group A consisted of children who attained a full recovery within 2 months from onset of the disease; group B consisted of children who experienced complete or partial recovery beyond 2 months from onset of the disease. Acute inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy was found in 56.5% of patients and axonal form in 43.5% patients. Antecedent events were found in 28 (60.9%) patients. Five patients (10.8%) needed mechanical ventilation and one patient (2.1%) died. Poor outcome was related with clinic stage and electrophysiological subtypes (axonal form). In our study, poor prognostic factors were related with clinic stage and electrophysiological subtypes (axonal form).
Neurol Sci (2011) 32:381–385 DOI 10.1007/s10072-010-0434-y Received: 27 October 2009 / Accepted: 22 September 2010 / Published online: 16 October 2010
