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ArticleNeurology research international2019

Clinical Profile, Functional Outcome, and Mortality of Guillain-Barre Syndrome: A Five-Year Tertiary Care Experience from Nepal.

Saroj Kumar Bhagat, Shrey Sidhant, Mukesh Bhatta, Ashish Ghimire, Bhupendra Shah

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Article in Neurology research international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Saroj Kumar BhagatB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
Shrey SidhantB.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
Mukesh BhattaDepartment of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
Ashish GhimireDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.
Bhupendra ShahDepartment of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0003-4370-0464
B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences · NP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionGuillain-Barre syndrome is the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis in the adult population. It occurs at the rate of 0.34 to 4 per 100000 individuals. This study was conducted to determine the clinicoepidemiological profile and outcome of the patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome. MATERIALS AND

methodsWe conducted a retrospective study of patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome, presented at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, a tertiary care centre in eastern Nepal, from January 2013 to December 2017. All patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barre syndrome were included in this study. The handwritten case record files of the study population were retrieved from medical record section of the institute.

resultsOf 31 patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome, the mean age of patients was 17±12 years. The most common presenting symptom of study population was ascending paralysis (93.5%). Respiratory failure requiring mechanical ventilation occurred in 16.1%. The common variants are AIDP and AMAN. Respiratory tract infection (29%) was the most common antecedent event. The in-hospital mortality of Guillain-Barre syndrome was 6.45%.

conclusionGuillain-Barre syndrome is commonly seen in the young population. The most common symptom of Guillain-Barre syndrome was ascending paralysis. The in-hospital mortality rate of patients with GBS was 6.45%.

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