A group of acquired autoimmune disorders causing acute peripheral neuropathy and ascending paralysis that progressively worsens for up to 4 weeks followed by a slow spontaneous recov...
AIDP presents with onset of progressive limb weakness that reaches its worst within 4 weeks (73% reach a functional nadir in 1 week).
Preceding respiratory or gastrointestinal infectio...
Pain treatment: NSAIDs helpful but often insufficient. Gabapentin and carbamazepine decrease opioid requirements in patients with GBS. One is not superior to others (1)[A].
DV...
Patients require close monitoring of respiratory, cardiac, and hemodynamic function, typically in the ICU setting.
Pulmonary function testing (VC...
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Sejvar JJ, Baughman AL, Wise M, et al. Population incidenc...
Suspect GBS in cases of ascending flaccid paralysis with areflexia and an antecedent history of viral respiratory illness or gastroenteritis.
When GBS is suspected, evaluate VC and insp...
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