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Enfermería Global
On-line version ISSN 1695-6141
Abstract
RIGO, Denise de Fátima Hoffmann; ROSS, Claudia; HOFSTATTER, Lili Marlene and FERREIRA, Maria Fernanda Azevedo Pompilio Leonel. Guillain Barré syndrome: epidemiological clinical profile and nursing care. Enferm. glob. [online]. 2020, vol.19, n.57, pp.346-389. Epub Mar 16, 2020. ISSN 1695-6141. https://dx.doi.org/eglobal.19.1.366661.
Introduction
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is considered an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy.
Objective
To know the socio-demographic, clinical epidemiological and care characteristics of patients hospitalized with GBS in a school hospital in the West of Paraná.
Methodology
This is a quantitative, retrospective study about the socio-demographic characterization, clinical epidemiology and care of hospitalized patients with GBS in a school hospital from 2013 to 2017. Totaling 23 patients whose electronic records were analyzed. All statistical analyzes were performed in the XLStat program (2010).
Results
The majority of the patients presented ages ranging from 51 to 60 years (31.12%), followed by ages 41 to 50 (13.04%) and under 15 (13.04%), male (60.87) , with most presenting previous infectious symptoms such as myalgia, headache, fever, diarrhea. The symptoms related to GBS presented in the period from four to nine days before admission included the ascending, symmetrical form with a decrease in muscle strength. During the hospitalization they underwent procedures such as bladder catheterization and peripheral venous puncture. Among the laboratory exams, the blood test and diagnosis of electro-urography were highlighted. The main treatment was immunoglobulin. Most of the patients presented high dependence for nursing care according to Fugulin's patient classification system.
Conclusion
The development of studies that allow the knowledge of the characterization of a specific group of patients affected by a disease considered rare, constitute instruments for health planning.
Keywords : Guillain-Barré syndrome; Epidemiology; Hospitals of Teaching.