Title
Clinical characteristics and plasma exchange response in guillain-barrÉ patients
Other title
CaracterĂsticas clĂnicas y respuesta al recambio plasmĂ¡tico terapĂ©utico en los pacientes con sĂndrome de guillain barrĂ©
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
CaparĂ³-Zamalloa C.
Cortez-Escalante J.
Meza-Vega M.
Publisher(s)
Instituto Nacional de Salud
Abstract
The objective of the study was to describe the clinical characteristics, treatment response and possible associated factors of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome at the National Institute of Neurological Sciences. A descriptive study on hospital discharges was conducted during the period 2017-2019. Treatment response was evaluated based on Hughes’ disability scale. From 31 patients 61.3% were males and the mean age was 50 years. At admission, 87.1% of patients were on grade 3 or 4 of Hughes scale, most of them with axonal compromise which was associated to disability. Only 22 patients received plasma exchange; 6 months thereafter, 90.9% of patients decreased by at least one degree in Hughes scale and 42.8% were left without disability. In conclusion, a male and axonal subtype predominance was found, been the latter associated to disability.
Start page
89
End page
94
Volume
38
Issue
1
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
PatologĂa
PolĂticas de salud, Servicios de salud
NeurologĂa clĂnica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111788996
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
Sources of information:
Directorio de ProducciĂ³n CientĂfica
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