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ArticleExperimental and therapeutic medicine2020

Successful treatment of a 12-year-old boy with Guillain-Barré syndrome requiring tracheostomy due to respiratory muscle paralysis: A case report.

Manabu Miyamoto, George Imataka, Go Ichikawa, Yutaka Saito, Takashi Kashiwagi, Yoshiyuki Kaji, Koji Wake, Kei Funakoshi, Takahide Nagashima, Norito Kokubun and 1 more

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Article in Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Manabu MiyamotoDepartment of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
George ImatakaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Go IchikawaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yutaka SaitoDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Takashi KashiwagiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Yoshiyuki KajiDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Koji WakeDepartment of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Kei FunakoshiDepartment of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Takahide NagashimaDepartment of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Norito KokubunDepartment of Neurology, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Shigemi YoshiharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University, Mibu, Tochigi 321-0293, Japan.
Dokkyo Medical University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) occasionally leads to respiratory failure early after onset, requiring long-term ventilation management after tracheal intubation. However, patients requiring tracheostomy management are rare. In the present study, a case of a 12-year-old boy with GBS who required artificial respiration management due to rapid progression of respiratory muscle paralysis is reported. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and pulse steroid therapy were provided; however, both were ineffective and tracheostomy was necessary 26 days after onset. A second course of IVIg and pulse steroid therapy was administered on day 34. With continued rehabilitation, the patient was able to walk long distances on day 74 and was subsequently discharged on day 89. In cases of severe GBS, when IVIg and pulse steroid therapy do not improve the respiratory muscle strength of the patient, early tracheostomy may improve the patient's quality of life during artificial respiration management.

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childrenGuillain-Barré syndromeimmunoglobulinsteroid pulsetracheostomy

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PMID32010274
PMCPMC6966195
OpenAlexW2994969077

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