Effect of human immunodeficiency virus on intensive care unit outcome of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1848-1850

  Schleicher, Gunter K ^a,b   Black, Andrew ^a,b,c   Mochan, Andre ^a,b   Richards, Guy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HELEN JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Guillain Barr syndrome; Human immunodeficiency virus; Intensive care unit; Outcome; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038128676     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000069516.81522.F4     Document Type: Article

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