Open AccessMortality in mechanically ventilated patients of Guillain Barré Syndrome
Author(s) -
Archana B Netto,
Arun B. Taly,
Girish Baburao Kulkarni,
Rao Gs,
Shivaji Rao
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of indian academy of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.427
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1998-3549
pISSN - 0972-2327
DOI - 10.4103/0972-2327.91942
Subject(s) - medicine , ards , mechanical ventilation , hypokalemia , pneumonia , bulbar palsy , guillain barre syndrome , sepsis , mortality rate , group b , pediatrics , lung
The mortality of patients with Guillain Barré syndrome (GBS) has varied widely with rates between 1-18%. Death results from pneumonia, sepsis, adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and less frequently due to autonomic dysfunction or pulmonary embolism. There are only few studies which have used a large sample and have in detail analyzed the circumstances relating to death and the prognostic factors for the same in a cohort, including only mechanically ventilated patients.