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Prognostic value of electrodiagnosis in Guillain-Barré syndrome

✍ Scribed by Dr. Robert G. Miller; Dr. Gordon W. Peterson; Dr. Jasper R. Daube; Dr. James W. Albers

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Weight: 427 KB
Volume: 11
Category: Article
ISSN: 0148-639X
DOI: 10.1002/mus.880110714

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✦ Synopsis

This study was designed to identify clinical and electrodiagnostic indicators of prognosis in Guillain-Barr6 syndrome (GBS). Sixty severe GBS patients (all bedfast, 22 ventilator dependent) were analyzed clinically and with standard electromyography and nerve conduction studies. Both ventilator dependence and rapid evolution of weakness were more common in patients with a poor prognosis. The most powerful predictor of a poor outcome was reduced mean compound muscle action potential amplitude (less than 10% of the lower limit of normal).

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