Fatal Guillain-Barré syndrome.
Autor(es): Lawn N. D.; Wijdicks E. F.
Resumo: Fourteen of 320 patients (4%) admitted with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) died as a direct result of the illness. Deaths most commonly resulted from ventilator-associated pneumonia. In comparison with 101 other patients with severe GBS admitted to the intensive care unit, the patients who died were older (p = 0.006) and more likely to have underlying pulmonary disease (p = 0.004). In a specialized center, the primary event leading to death in GBS was ventilator-associated pulmonary infection, predominantly in elderly patients with significant comorbidity.
Imprenta: Neurology, v. 52, n. 3, p. 635-638, 1999
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1212/WNL.52.3.635
Descritores: Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Epidemiology ; Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Public health
Data de publicação: 1999
