Department of Neurology, Sudan Medical Specialization Board, Khartoum, Sudan
Research
Outcome of Guilian Barre?-Syndrome Using Clinical and Electrophysiological Parameters in Three Neurology Centers?Sudan
Author(s): Mahmoud H.S. Daoud, Mohmed Hussien Ahmed Mohmed*, Mohamed Khalaf Allah Saeed, Ammar El Tahir Mohamed Ahmed, Etedal Ahmed Abu Elbasher Ibrahim, Omer Eladil Abdalla Hamid Mohammed, Khalid Mohammed Ali, Muaz Abdellatif Mohammed Elsayed, Abubakr Elmotesim Abdulla Elamin, Husam Abo Obaida and Abdalrahman Abdalmagid
Background: Guillian Barre’-Syndrome (GBS) is an acute, immune mediated disorder, commonly characterized by a rapidly progressive, ascending weakness of the extremity, trunk, respiratory and facial musculature, with inconstant sensory and autonomic dysfunction. This research conducted in Sudanese patients to study the relation between the outcome in GBS and a four parameters; age of the patient, onset duration, presence of autonomic dysfunction and the electrophysiological subtypes.
Methods: A cross-sectional study involving the main three neurology centers in Sudan conducted from March to September 2020, 62 patients enrolled in the study, structured questionnaire consisted of personal data, clinical history, examination findings, management and outcome. The Hughes Functional Grading Scale (HFGS), which provides an objective measure of.. View more»