PMID- 21473398
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110621
LR  - 20110408
IS  - 0043-3144 (Print)
IS  - 0043-3144 (Linking)
VI  - 59
IP  - 5
DP  - 2010 Oct
TI  - The Guillain-Barre syndrome at two hospitals in Trinidad, West Indies: a review 
      of 26 patients.
PG  - 514-7
AB  - Over a four-year period, 26 consecutive patients with Guillain-Barrd syndrome 
      (GBS) were seen. Their ages ranged from 18 months to 68 years. Fifteen were male 
      and 11 female. The crude annual incidence was estimated to be 1.5 per 100,000 
      population. East Indians made up the majority of the patients. An antecedent 
      infection was reported in 65% of patients. Significant pain was present in 
      halfofthe cohort. F-wave abnormalities were the commonest electrophysiological 
      disturbance. Twenty-nine per cent of patients required ventilation. Intravenous 
      immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment was beneficial in 88% of patients. Eighty-four 
      per cent made a complete or near complete recovery. One patient died.
FAU - Esack, A
AU  - Esack A
AD  - The Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Champs Fleurs, Mt. Hope, Trinidad and 
      Tobago, West Indies. neuroservices@gmail.com
FAU - Teelucksingh, S
AU  - Teelucksingh S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Jamaica
TA  - West Indian Med J
JT  - The West Indian medical journal
JID - 0417410
RN  - 0 (Immunoglobulins, Intravenous)
RN  - 0 (Immunologic Factors)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Electromyography
MH  - Female
MH  - Guillain-Barre Syndrome/drug therapy/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Immunoglobulins, Intravenous/therapeutic use
MH  - Immunologic Factors/therapeutic use
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Neural Conduction
MH  - Retrospective Studies
MH  - Trinidad and Tobago
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2011/04/09 06:00
MHDA- 2011/06/22 06:00
CRDT- 2011/04/09 06:00
PHST- 2011/04/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/04/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/06/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1296 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - West Indian Med J. 2010 Oct;59(5):514-7.