Guillain-Barre syndrome complicated by acute fatal rhabdomyolysis

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a heterogenous group of peripheral-nerve disorders with similar clinical presentation characterized by acute, self-limited, progressive, bilateral and relatively symmetric ascending flaccid paralysis, which peaks in 2-4 weeks and then subsides. The usual complication...

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Published in:Indian journal of critical care medicine 2014-04, Vol.18 (4), p.241-243
Main Authors: Saxena, Amrish, Singh, Vineeta, Verma, Nitin
Format: Article
Language:English
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Care and treatment
Case Report
Case studies
Complications and side effects
Development and progression
Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre syndrome
Rhabdomyolysis
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Summary:Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) is a heterogenous group of peripheral-nerve disorders with similar clinical presentation characterized by acute, self-limited, progressive, bilateral and relatively symmetric ascending flaccid paralysis, which peaks in 2-4 weeks and then subsides. The usual complications, which occur in a patient of GBS are pneumonia, sepsis, pulmonary embolism, respiratory insufficiency and cardiac arrest. The clinical course of GBS complicated by acute rhabdomyolysis is extremely rare. We present the case of GBS with marked elevation in serum creatine kinase, serum myoglobin levels and persistent hyperkalemia as a result of associated acute rhabdomyolysis.
ISSN:0972-5229
1998-359X
DOI:10.4103/0972-5229.130577