TY - JOUR
T1 - Arrhythmic Complications in the Guillain-Barré Syndrome
AU - Greenland, Philip
AU - Griggs, Robert C.
PY - 1980/1/1
Y1 - 1980/1/1
N2 - The occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) was examined in a retrospective study of 16 consecutive patients with GBS admitted to an intensive care unit primarily for respiratory insufficiency. Bradyarrhythmias, including sinus arrest or atrioventricular block rhythms, and/or tachyarrhythmias, supraventricular as well as ventricular, were observed in 13 patients. Two patients required pacemaker insertion because of recurrent asystolic episodes. Of the four fatalities, however, none were considered cardiac in origin. While clinically apparent autonomic nervous system dysfunction accompanied many of the observed arrhythmias and may be involved in arrhythmogenesis, these patients also suffered from pulmonary, infectious, and thromboembolic complications that could produce similar arrhythmic complications and must also be considered whenever such arrhythmias are seen.
AB - The occurrence of cardiac arrhythmia in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) was examined in a retrospective study of 16 consecutive patients with GBS admitted to an intensive care unit primarily for respiratory insufficiency. Bradyarrhythmias, including sinus arrest or atrioventricular block rhythms, and/or tachyarrhythmias, supraventricular as well as ventricular, were observed in 13 patients. Two patients required pacemaker insertion because of recurrent asystolic episodes. Of the four fatalities, however, none were considered cardiac in origin. While clinically apparent autonomic nervous system dysfunction accompanied many of the observed arrhythmias and may be involved in arrhythmogenesis, these patients also suffered from pulmonary, infectious, and thromboembolic complications that could produce similar arrhythmic complications and must also be considered whenever such arrhythmias are seen.
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U2 - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00330190065021
DO - 10.1001/archinte.1980.00330190065021
M3 - Article
C2 - 7396609
AN - SCOPUS:0018941862
SN - 0003-9926
VL - 140
SP - 1053
EP - 1055
JO - Archives of Internal Medicine
JF - Archives of Internal Medicine
IS - 8
ER -