Benefits of High Dose Intravenous Gammaglobulin in Children with Severe Guillain-Barr Syndrome.
- Author:
Geun Mo KIM
;
Young Jong WOO
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Child*;
Humans;
Respiratory Insufficiency;
Tremor;
Weights and Measures;
Writing
- From:
Journal of the Korean Child Neurology Society
1997;5(1):86-94
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
To know the efficacy of intravenous gammaglobulin(IVGG) treatment and the resulting outcome at 18 months for acute Guillain-Barr syndrome (GBS) in children, clinical courses of 27 GBS patients who had been treated with IVGG in a dose of 1g/kg/day oyer 2 consecutive days were investigated. One died with respiratory failure and 8 patients received assisted ventilatory care with improvement. All consecutively treated patients responded well to IVGG. The mean plateau period in 26 recovered patients was 8.5 days. At the 6th month evaluation, only one failed to reach grade 2 on GBSSG scales. At the 18th month evaluation, minor motor symptoms such as easy fatigability or mild tremor on writing were remained in 9 patients. 9 patients showed mild to moderate febrile response to IVGG infusion, but no significant side effects were noted. IVGG can be chosen as an initial treatment for acute GBS in children because of its rapid effect, relative safety even in unstable patients and convenience of administration.
