Disability evaluation in patients with Guillain-Barre syndrome and SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Objective: Several cases of Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection have been described. This study illustrated the demographic, clinical, and neurophysiological characteristics of patients with GBS and COVID-19, as well as associated factors with disability at discharge.

Materials And Methods: A retrospective analytical observational study was conducted.

Brainstem syndrome at onset is related to an early MS diagnosis in Peru: A national referral center cohort.

Background: MS is unpredictable regarding clinical symptoms; however, certain symptoms represent the preferred localization of white matter lesions such as brainstem, spinal cord; or optic nerve.

Objectives: To investigate the epidemiological, clinical, and imaging characteristics of MS patients in a national referral center in Peru, and to evaluate whether the type of symptom at onset relates with the time to making an MS diagnosis.

Methods: Retrospective study of MS patients at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurológicas between January 2010 and December 2018.

Is Surfer's myelopathy an acute hyperextension-induced myelopathy? A systematic synthesis of case studies and proposed diagnostic criteria.

Background: Surfer's myelopathy is a rare complication of spinal hyperextension originally described in novice surfers. However, reports from patients practicing different activities had risen.

Aim: To systematically synthesize the epidemiological and clinical evidence on acute hyperextension-induced myelopathy ("Surfer's myelopathy") and propose new diagnostic criteria.

Neurological diseases in Peru: a systematic analysis of the global burden disease study.

Background: Disease burden indicators assess the impact of disease on a population. They integrate mortality and disability in a single indicator. This allows setting priorities for health services and focusing resources.