Ventilator dependence in acute severe asthma due to a variant presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome.
A 23-year-old white woman presented with severe status asthmaticus requiring prolonged ventilator support and subsequently developed a flaccid areflexic quadraparesis which resolved after plasmapheresis. This case represents a variant presentation of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) that is difficult to distinguish from critical illness polyneuropathy (CIP).
Hamilton
R J
RJ
Department of Medicine, Naval Hospital San Diego.
Puckett
R
R
Bazemore
W C
WC
D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D011782:Quadriplegia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D013224:Status Asthmaticus / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors