Epidemiological clinical characteristics of the Guillain Barré syndrome in patients attended in the Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo 2012 – 2018

• Autores: Chunga-Vallejos, Enrique, Serrano-Cajo, Luis, Díaz-Vélez, Cristian
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2020
• Institución: Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Repositorio: Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:cmhnaaa_ojs_cmhnaaa.cmhnaaa.org.pe:article/621
• Enlace del recurso: https://cmhnaaa.org.pe/ojs/index.php/rcmhnaaa/article/view/621
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Síndrome de Guillain-Barré; Electrofisiología; Historias Clínicas; Vigilancia Epidemiológica; debilidad muscular; Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Electrophysiology; Medical Records; Epidemiological Monitoring; Muscle Weakness

Objective: To describe the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of Guillain Barré Syndrome in patients treated at the Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo 2012 - 2018. Material and methods: Descriptive, retrospective study. We reviewed 103 medical records of patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome at the Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo 2012 - 2018. A data collection form for each patient was used as an instrument, using as a base the Epidemiological Clinical Investigation Surveillance form the Guillain Barré Syndrome of Social Security EsSalud. Results: The majority were male (63.5%), the age group between 40 and 60 years predominated (45.6%). The majority of the cases studied came from Lambayeque (43.7%) and Cajamarca (40.8%). The characteristic motor symptom of Guillain-Barré Syndrome is muscle weakness (80.8%). The clinical variant was not determined in 60%. The majority of patients presented improvement or was cured (81%) Conclusions: The clinical epidemiological characteristics of Guillain Barré syndrome, present in a higher frequency the male sex and the predominant motor symptom: muscular weakness, in addition there was a notable increase in the incidence of cases per year, from 2016.