Hyperacute and Fulminant Guillain-Barré Syndrome Requiring Emergent Intubation

Division

North Florida

Hospital

Ocala Regional Medical Center

Document Type

Case Report

Publication Date

5-3-2023

Keywords

polyneuropathy, autoimmune disease, emergent intubation, areflexia, guillain-barre syndrome

Disciplines

Emergency Medicine | Immune System Diseases | Nervous System Diseases

Abstract

Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an autoimmune-mediated acute polyneuropathy that can progress to life-threatening respiratory failure. The diagnosis and treatment of this pathology are complicated by the rarity of the disease and diversity in clinical presentation due to rarer, more dangerous subtypes of GBS. Understanding the time course of progression from onset to nadir of neurological deficits, maintaining a high index of suspicion, and close airway monitoring are essential in rapid diagnosis, securing the airway, and treatment.

Publisher or Conference

Cureus

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