Factors Associated with Respiratory Insufficiency in Children with Guillain-Barré Syndrome.

Objective: The risk factors for respiratory insufficiency in children with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) are poorly known. This study aimed to investigate the factors associated with respiratory insufficiency in children with GBS.

Methods: This retrospective study included children diagnosed with GBS by pediatric neurologists and admitted at the Wuhan Children's Hospital and other hospitals from January 2013 to October 2022.

[Very-early and early neuroelectrophysiological features of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome].

Objectives: To study the very-early and early neuroelectrophysiological features of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and their association with clinical diagnosis.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the neuroelectrophysiological data of 43 children with GBS. According to the interval from onset to neuroelectrophysiological examination, the children were divided into a very-early examination group with 18 children (an interval from onset to the examination of ≤7 days) and an early examination group with 25 children (an interval from onset to the examination of 7 to ≤14 days).

Risk factors associated with the need for mechanical ventilation in children with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

Objectives: To study the risk factors associated with the need for mechanical ventilation in children with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

Methods: The medical data of 107 children with GBS were retrospectively reviewed. According to whether mechanical ventilation was required, the children were divided into a mechanical ventilation group with 16 children and a non-mechanical ventilation group with 91 children.

[Association of motor nerve conduction block with different subtypes of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome].

Objective: To study the association of motor nerve conduction block (CB) with different subtypes of childhood Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical and nerve electrophysiological data of 50 children with GBS. According to the results of nerve electrophysiology, the children were divided into an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) group with 29 children and an acute motor axonal neuropathy (AMAN) group with 21 children.

[Role of short-latency somatosensory evoked potential in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy].

Objective: To investigate the role of short-latency somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) in the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

Methods: A total of 48 children with a confirmed or suspected CIDP and 40 healthy children were enrolled. Nerve electrophysiological examination and/or SSEP examination was performed (the children in the healthy control group only underwent SSEP examination).

[Role of nerve stimulation at Erb point in early diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome in children].

Objective: To study the role of proximal nerve stimulation at Erb point in the early diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in children.

Methods: Thirty-two children who were diagnosed with GBS between October 2013 and December 2014 received neurophysiological examination. Thirty healthy children were used as controls.