Prognosis in Guillain-Barré syndrome.
The case-records of 71 patients from previous therapeutic trials were used to determine features in clinical presentation that might be useful in predicting the outcome of the Guillain-Barré syndrome. The major features adversely affecting prognosis were severe maximum deficit requiring ventilation and failure to improve within 3 weeks of reaching peak deficit. The risk of poor outcome in a patient who required ventilation and failed to improve within 3 weeks was 86%.
Winer
J B
JB
Hughes
R A
RA
Greenwood
R J
RJ
Perkin
G D
GD
Healy
M J
MJ
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis