BILATERAL FACIAL PALSY IN GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME- INCIDENCE AND PROGNOSTIC SIGNIFICANCE
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 95
Abstract
BACKGROUND Bilateral facial palsy is rare in clinical medicine, but it is common in Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). Hence, this prospective study was conducted to see the incidence and prognostic significance of bilateral facial palsy in Guillain-Barre syndrome. MATERIALS AND METHODS 21 established cases of GBS from different wards, central emergency and ICU of Patna Medical College, Patna, a tertiary care centre were selected for this study from Jan 2017 to June 2017. RESULTS The incidence of bilateral facial palsy in GBS was observed to be 14.2% in this study and all cases with bilateral facial palsy needed ventilator support indicating a poor prognosis. This was the most important observation. The mortality in this study was 14%. CONCLUSION Though the sample size was small, but all cases with bilateral facial palsy needed ventilator support. Hence, all such cases should be monitored closely for the features of respiratory involvement during treatment.
Authors and Affiliations
Ram Dayal Singh, Kumar Abhinav
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP280651
- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2017/1529
- Views 76
- Downloads 0
A RARE CASE OF PLUNGING RANULA WITHOUT ORAL COMPONENT- A CASE REPORT
A 15-year old female reported with a 3-year history of swelling in submental and bilateral submandibular region. The swelling was completely asymptomatic and there was a history of gradual increase in size of swelling. P...
A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY OF THE PREVALENCE OF BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION OF STETHOSCOPE DIAPHRAGMS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS OF A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
The hospital environment is known to be one of the most pathologically dense microenvironments. Diaphragms of stethoscopes of doctors, nurses, medical students and other healthcare professionals harbour a variety...
EPITHELIOID TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOUR: A RARE CASE WITH AN UNUSUAL PRESENTATION
Here in we report a rare case of epithelioid trophoblastic tumour with a rare clinical presentation. Commonly, ETT presents with abnormal vaginal bleeding or lung metastases. Our case was a 22-year-old lady, Par...
INTERPRETATION OF HISTOGRAMS AND ITS CORRELATION WITH PERIPHERAL SMEAR FINDINGS
BACKGROUND The blood cell counters have evolved over a decade from 3 parts to 5 parts and presently even 7 parts differential cell counters have stepped into the haematopathology world. These cell counters generate histo...
A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PROSPECTIVE STUDY OF CAUDAL ROPIVACAINE VERSUS ROPIVACAINE WITH FENTANYL VERSUS ROPIVACAINE WITH NEOSTIGMINE FOR COMBINED EPIDURAL AND GENERAL ANAESTHESIA IN CHILDREN
BACKGROUND There are no studies comparing the outcomes of using Fentanyl or Neostigmine as adjuvants to Ropivacaine in terms of postoperative analgesia for paediatric caudal block. The aim of our study is to compare the...