Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal
Joint Authors
Shah, Bhupendra
Bhagat, Saroj Kumar
Sidhant, Shrey
Bhatta, Mukesh
Ghimire, Ashish
Source
Neurology Research International
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-06-02
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in the adult population.
It occurs at the rate of 0.34 to 4 per 100000 individuals.
This study was conducted to determine the clinicoepidemiological profile and outcome of the patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Materials and Methods.
We conducted a retrospective study of patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome, presented at B.P.
Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, a tertiary care centre in eastern Nepal, from January 2013 to December 2017.
All patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome were included in this study.
The handwritten case record files of the study population were retrieved from medical record section of the institute.
Results.
Of 31 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome, the mean age of patients was 17±12 years.
The most common presenting symptom of study population was ascending paralysis (93.5%).
Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation occurred in 16.1%.
The common variants are AIDP and AMAN.
Respiratory tract infection (29%) was the most common antecedent event.
The in-hospital mortality of Guillain-Barre syndrome was 6.45%.
Conclusion.
Guillain-Barre syndrome is commonly seen in the young population.
The most common symptom of Guillain-Barre syndrome was ascending paralysis.
The in-hospital mortality rate of patients with GBS was 6.45%.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Bhagat, Saroj Kumar& Sidhant, Shrey& Bhatta, Mukesh& Ghimire, Ashish& Shah, Bhupendra. 2019. Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal. Neurology Research International،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201729
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Bhagat, Saroj Kumar…[et al.]. Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal. Neurology Research International No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201729
American Medical Association (AMA)
Bhagat, Saroj Kumar& Sidhant, Shrey& Bhatta, Mukesh& Ghimire, Ashish& Shah, Bhupendra. Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal. Neurology Research International. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1201729
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1201729