ArticleEuropean journal of neurology2024
Predictors of respiratory failure in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a 22 year cohort study from a single Italian centre.
Article in European journal of neurology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- Prognostic value of modified Erasmus Guillaiun Barre' syndrome outcome score (mEGOS) in an Italian cohort of patients: Challenges, insights and limitations.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Article
- Guillain-Barré Syndrome With Asymmetrical Weakness in a Patient With Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 1A.Cureus · 2025Article
- Article
- Incidence and characteristics of Guillain-Barré syndrome in Taiwan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: A 12-year single-center experience.Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA · 2025Article
- Critical insights for intensivists on Guillain-Barré syndrome.Annals of intensive care · 2025Review
- Prognostic factors of mechanical ventilation in Guillain-Barré syndrome among adults and children in Vietnam.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2025Article
- Article
- Predictors of respiratory failure in Guillain-Barré syndrome: a 22 year cohort study from a single Italian centre.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
11 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
background and purposeThe study aimed to identify predictors of respiratory failure leading to mechanical ventilation (MV) and tracheostomy in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).
methodsTwo hundred and thirty adult cases admitted to the Neurology Unit of Modena, Italy, between January 2000 and December 2021 were studied. A cut-off of MV starting within 8 weeks from onset of weakness was used. Univariable, multivariable logistic and Cox regression analyses were used to determine which pre-specified clinical and diagnostic characteristics were capable of predicting MV and tracheostomy, due to weaning failure. The model was internally validated within the full cohort. The Erasmus GBS Respiratory Insufficiency Score was retrospectively applied.
resultsOne hundred and seventy-six cases (76.5%) were classified as classical sensorimotor GBS and 54 (23.4%) as variants. Thirty-two patients (13.9%) needed MV: 84.3% required respiratory support within 7 days. Independent predictors of respiratory failure and MV were older age, facial, bulbar, neck flexor weakness, dysautonomia, axonal electrophysiological subtype, cardiovascular comorbidities and higher disability score at entry. There was no association with abnormal spinal fluid parameters nor with positive serology for recent infections. Twenty-two patients (68.7%) were ventilated for more than 7 days; 4.7% died within 8 weeks. The patients who required MV were treated more often with plasma exchange. Independent predictors of tracheostomy due to weaning trial failure were facial, bulbar, neck flexor weakness, autonomic dysfunction, associated cardiovascular morbidities and axonal electrophysiological subtype on nerve conduction study.
conclusionsOur study indicates distinct predictors of MV and tracheostomy in GBS patients.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.