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
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
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85111788996
PubMed ID
Source
Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica
ISSN of the container
17264634
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