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Revista del Cuerpo Médico Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo
versión impresa ISSN 2225-5109versión On-line ISSN 2227-4731
Resumen
CHUNGA-VALLEJOS, Enrique; SERRANO-CAJO, Luis y DIAZ-VELEZ, Cristian. Epidemiological clinical characteristics of the Guillain-Barré syndrome in patients attended in the Hospital Nacional Almanzor Aguinaga Asenjo 2012 - 2018. Rev. Cuerpo Med. HNAAA [online]. 2020, vol.13, n.1, pp.37-42. Epub 31-Mar-2020. ISSN 2225-5109. http://dx.doi.org/10.35434/rcmhnaaa.2020.131.621.
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.
Palabras clave : Guillain-Barre Syndrome; Electrophysiology; Medical Records; Epidemiological Monitoring; Muscle Weakness.