Guillain-Barré Syndrome in Spain, 1985–1997: Epidemiological and Public Health Views

Cuadrado, José Ignacio; Pedro‐Cuesta, Jesús de; Ara, J.R.; Cemillán, Carlos; Díaz, Manuel Acasuso; Duarte, Jacinto; Fernández, María Dolores Clemente; Fernández, Oscar Mario; López, Fernando J. García; García‐Merino, Antonio; García-Montero, Rosa; Martı́nez-Matos, Juan Antonio; Palomo, F; Pardo, Julio; Tobías, Aurelio

doi:10.1159/000050769

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“…In the majority of studies that included incidence rates broken down by age, increases in rates were observed in most studies of people aged 50 years or more [11, 17, 22, 26, 31-33, 35-39, 46-49] , with some showing a decrease in the highest age group of 6 80 years [22,26,31,[35][36][37][38][47][48][49] .…”

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The Epidemiology of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Worldwide

et al. 2008

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Background: This systematic literature review of the epidemiology of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) identifies trends in incidence rates by age, study method and cause of disease. It is important to have a reliable estimate of incidence to determine and investigate any changes: no previous systematic reviews of GBS have been found. Methods: After critical assessment of the reliability of the reported data, incidence rates were extracted from all relevant papers published between 1980 and 2008, identified through searches of Medline, Embase and Science Direct. Results: Sixty-three papers were included in this review; these studies were prospective, retrospective reviews of medical records or retrospective database studies. Ten studies reported on the incidence in children (0–15 years old), and found the annual incidence to be between 0.34 and 1.34/100,000. Most studies investigated populations in Europe and North America and reported similar annual incidence rates, i.e. between 0.84 and 1.91/100,000. A decrease in incidence over the time between the 1980s and 1990s was found. Up to 70% of cases of GBS were caused by antecedent infections. Conclusions: Our best estimate of the overall incidence of GBS was between 1.1/100,000/year and 1.8/100,000/year. The incidence of GBS increased with age after 50 years from 1.7/100,000/year to 3.3/100,000/year.

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The Epidemiology of Guillain-Barré Syndrome Worldwide

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“…Bizim çalışmamızda da kış aylarında başvuran hasta sayısı daha fazla olmasına karşın bu fark istatistiksel olarak anlamlı değildi. Önceki çalışmalarda son 6 hafta içinde öncül enfeksiyon oranı %40-70 arasında bildirilmiştir [17,18]. Bizim çalışmamız-da da önceki çalışmalarla uyumlu bir şekilde en sık ÜSYE ve gastroenterit olmak üzere hastaların % 63.9'sinde öncül enfeksiyon mevcuttu.…”

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Clinical and demographic characteristics of Guillain-Barre syndrome

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2014

Diclemedj

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Objective: We aimed to assess the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, electrophysiological findings in patients with Guillain-Barre´ syndrome Methods:We performed a retrospective analysis of 33 patients with GBS admitted to Dicle University Medical Faculty Hospital neurology clinic from January 2011 to March 2014. Were reviewed. Epidemiological, clinical, therapeutical and evolutionary data were collected.Results: Thirty-six patients with the diagnosis of GBS included 22 males and 14 females. The average age at diagnosis was 41.3±21.38years with a wide age range (11-82) and a peak between 36 and 55 years. Based on clinical and electrophysiological features, 61.1% of the patients had acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), 22.2% acute motor and sensory axonal neuropathy 11.1% had acute motor axonal neuropathy, and 5.6% had Miller Fisher Syndrome. In 28 of 36 patients (77.0%), potential trigger factors could be identified. Respiratory tract infection was the most common infection (36.1%), followed by gastrointestinal infection (27.8%), after surgery (11.1%), vaccination (2.8%) Conclusion: Our study showed that surgery may be triggered GBS and suggesting a geographical and environmental factor involved in GBS etiopathogenesis.

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“…Češće se javlja kod osoba muškog pola i u starosnoj dobi od 50 do 80 godina (3)(4)(5). Razvoju GBS najčešće prethodi respiratorna ili gastrointestinalna infekcija, koja se registruje od tri dana do nekoliko nedelja prije početka neurološke simptomatologije (6).…”

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“…U skladu sa ovim podacima su i rezultati prethodnih istraživanja o GBS (9,13). Prosječna starost naših pacijenata je bila oko 57,0 ± 15,9 godina, što je u skladu sa rezultatima iz prethodnih radova (4,14).…”

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