Acute respiratory failure in patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome and myasthenic crisis treated with plasmapheresis in the intensive care unit

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,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Polskie archiwum medycyny wewne̦trznej 2008-04, Vol.118 (4), p.239-242
Hauptverfasser:	Szczeklik, Wojciech, Jankowski, Miłosz, Wegrzyn, Wojciech, Królikowski, Wiesław, Zwolińska, Grazyna, Mitka, Ilona, Seczyńska, Bozena, Nizankowski, Rafał
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Female Guillain-Barre Syndrome - complications Guillain-Barre Syndrome - therapy Humans Intubation, Intratracheal Male Middle Aged Myasthenia Gravis - complications Plasmapheresis Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Treatment Outcome
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