Table 1.

Classic Guillain‐Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases

Patient‐age/sex	Month	Antecedent illness	Recent vaccination	Antibodies	Clinical features	Mech vent	Treatment
1‐48/M	Feb	Flu	No	GD1a: 132 GD1b: 109 GQ1b: 238	Ascending Weakness, Mild Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty EOM normal	No	IVIG
2‐60/M	Mar	Unknown	No	AsialoGM1: 322 GD1b: 306	Ascending Weakness, No Dysphagia, No Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty EOM normal	No	IVIG
3‐53/M	Mar	No	No	GM1: 53 GQ1b: 60	Ascending Weakness, Bulbar Weakness, Respiratory Failure Some Ophthalmoplegia	Yes	Plasma Exchange, then IVIG
4‐49/M	Apr	Diarrhea	No	GD1a: 529 GD1b: 168	Ascending Weakness, No Dysphagia, No Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty EOM normal	No	IVIG
5‐24/M	Apr	Diarrhea & URI	Flu shot 6 wk prior	GD1a: 127	Ascending Weakness, No Dysphagia, EOM normal	No	IVIG
6‐45/M	May	No	No	AsialoGM1: 496, GM1: 468, GD1b: 803	Ascending Weakness, Bulbar Weakness, Respiratory Failure, Some ophthalmoplegia	Yes	Plasma Exchange, then IVIG
7‐65/M	Jun	No	No	GM1: 93 GD1b: 164	Ascending Weakness, Mild Dysphagia, Mild Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty, EOM normal	No	Plasma Exchange
8‐45/F	Jul	No	No	GM1: 67 GM2: 62	Ascending Weakness, No Dysphagia, No Dysarthria, No Respiratory Difficulty, EOM normal	No	IVIG
9‐32/F	Jul	No	No	GM2: 65	Ascending Weakness, Bulbar Weakness, Respiratory Failure, Ophthalmoplegia	Yes	Plasma Exchange, then IVIG

Summary of GBS cases seen at Adventist Health White Memorial (AHWM) and California Hospital Medical Center (CHMC) in 2015. Details of each case are detailed, including month of illness, presence of antecedent illness, recent vaccinations, ganglioside antibody panel, clinical features of illness, need for mechanical ventilation, and treatment received.