dc.creator | Cea Muñoz, Gabriel | |
dc.creator | Jara, Paula | |
dc.creator | Quevedo, Fernando | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-15T16:09:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-15T16:09:07Z | |
dc.date.created | 2019-03-15T16:09:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier | Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 143, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-189 | |
dc.identifier | 07176163 | |
dc.identifier | 00349887 | |
dc.identifier | 10.4067/S0034-98872015000200005 | |
dc.identifier | https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/166418 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is the commonest cause of acute flaccid paralysis worldwide, with an incidence of 0.6-4 per 100.000 inhabitants per year. It affects all age groups and carries an incapacity burden of up to 20%. Aim: To describe the features of GBS in adult Chilean patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital. Material and Methods: Review of medical records of 41 patients aged 17 to 81 years (30 males) admitted to a public hospital with the diagnosis of GBS between 2003 and 2009. According to clinical and electrophysiological criteria, the patients were classified into different varieties of GBS. Results: The incidence of GBS was higher in males (2.7:1) and the demyelinated GBS variety was found in 66% of cases. According to the Hughes’ disability score, patients treated with plasmapheresis, showed non-statistically significant better outcomes than those treated with intravenous immunoglobulin. Conclusion | |
dc.language | en | |
dc.publisher | Sociedad Medica de Santiago | |
dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/cl/ | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Chile | |
dc.source | Revista Medica de Chile | |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | |
dc.subject | Guillain-Barré Syndrome | |
dc.subject | Immunoglobulins | |
dc.subject | Intravenous | |
dc.subject | Plasmapheresis | |
dc.title | Clinical features of Guillain-Barré syndrome in 41 patients admitted to a public hospital Características epidemiológicas del síndrome de Guillain-Barré en población chilena: Estudio hospitalario en un período de 7 años | |
dc.type | Artículos de revistas | |