Mortality of Guillain-Barre syndrome in intensive care unite

Abstract

Background: This study aims of determination of hospitalization period of cases with Guillain- Barre syndrome (GBS) in Intensive cave unite (ICU), determination of ration of cases needing mechanical ventilation and determination of effective factors on morbidity and mortality. Methods and Materials: We evaluated retrospectively 80 medical records with GBS that admitted to ICU ward Imam Khomeini Hospital between July 1999 to July 2004. Using chi-square, Exact Fisher’s and t-tests, these cases were studied in terms of complication, mortality rate and death causes in ICU. Results: 55 patiets (68.7%) were male and 25 (31.2%) were female. Average of admission time to ICU was 19.7 days. 27 patients (33.7%) had needed mechanical ventilation and 19 (23.7%) infected by pneumonia. There was a statistically significant association between pneumonia and mechanical ventilation (P