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Journal of the Polish Society of Internal Medicine founded by professor Władysław Antoni Gluziński
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Acute respiratory failure in patients with Guillain‑Barré syndrome and myasthenic crisis treated with plasmapheresis in the intensive care unit
Wojciech Szczeklik, Miłosz Jankowski, Wojciech Węgrzyn, Wiesław Królikowski, Grażyna Zwolińska, Ilona Mitka, Bożena Seczyńska, Rafał Niżankowski
Abstract
We present the cases of two patients with Guillain‑Barré syndrome and one with myasthenic crisis
who developed acute respiratory failure and needed mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. All the
patients were treated with plasmapheresis, resulting in weaning from mechanical ventilation, and eventually
complete functional recovery. Early treatment with plasma exchange shortens the treatment duration, whereas
early intubation can prevent life‑threatening complications.
Keywords
acute respiratory failure, Guillain‑Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis, plasmapheresis
Pol Arch Med Wewn, 2008; 118 (4): 239-242
PMID: 18575425
