Clinical and demographic characteristics of Guillain-Barre syndrome
Journal Title: Dicle Tıp Dergisi - Year 2014, Vol 41, Issue 4
Abstract
Objective: We aimed to assess the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, electrophysiological findings in patients with Guillain-Barre´ syndrome Methods: We performed a retrospective analysis of 33 patients with GBS admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital neurology clinic from January 2011 to March 2014. Were reviewed. Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutical and evolutionary data were collected. Results: Thirty-six patients with the diagnosis of GBS included 22 males and 14 females. The average age at diagnosis was 41.3±21.38years with a wide age range (11–82) and a peak between 36 and 55 years. Based on clinical and electrophysiological features, 61.1% of the patients had acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), 22.2% acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy 11.1% had acute motor axonal neuropathy, and 5.6% had Miller Fisher Syndrome. In 28 of 36 patients (77.0%), potential trigger factors could be identified. Respiratory tract infection was the most common infection (36.1%), followed by gastrointestinal infection (27.8%), after surgery (11.1%), vaccination (2.8%) Conclusion: Our study showed that surgery may be triggered GBS and suggesting a geographical and environmental factor involved in GBS etiopathogenesis. Key words: Guillain-Barre syndrome, clinical findings, surgery, geographical location
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Eşref Akıl, Sefer Varol, Asım Taşkın, Adalet Arıkanoğlu, Yusuf Tamam
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