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Anaesthesia in the Guillain‐Barré syndrome
Author(s) -
PEREL A.,
RECHES A.,
DAVIDSON J. T.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1977.tb11604.x
Subject(s) - medicine , guillain barre syndrome , anesthesia , autonomic nervous system , disease , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , heart rate , blood pressure
Summary A large proportion of patients with the Guillain‐Barre syndrome show signs of involvement of the autonomic nervous system beside the better known motor and sensory features of this disease. These patients present a substantial anaesthetic risk because of autonomic dysfunction. We present here an illustrative case in which the administration of a low subarachnoid block resulted in cardiac arrest and offer suggestions for the anaesthetic management of such cases.