Table 3.
Clinical findings related to Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
Clinical Findings | Total Number (%) |
---|---|
Guillain-Barré symptoms | |
Reflexes | 293 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Generalized hyporeflexia/areflexia | 260 (88.73) |
Lower limb hyporeflexia/areflexia | 24 (8.19) |
Upper limb hyporeflexia/areflexia | 2 (0.68) |
Normoreflexia | 6 (2.04) |
Generalized hyperreflexia | 1 (0.34) |
Associated Babinski sign | 3 (1.02) |
Motor impairment |
323 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Generalized weakness | 218 (67.49) |
Lower limbs weakness | 49 (15.17) |
Upper limbs weakness | 6 (1.85) |
Single limb weakness | 3 (0.92) |
Hemiparesis | 2 (0.61) |
Absence of limb weakness | 26 (8.04) |
Limb weakness of unspecified pattern | 19 (5.88) |
Cervical weakness | 9 (2.78) |
Trunk weakness |
3 (0.92) |
Cranial Nerve involvement | 436 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Facial paresis/paralysis | 154 (35.32) |
Bulbar nerve impairment | 73 (16.74) |
Ophthalmoplegia | 52 (11.92) |
Trigeminal hypoesthesia | 25 (5.73) |
Unspecified CNs involvement |
3 (0.68) |
Sensory alterations | 436 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Hypoesthesia | 181 (41.51) |
Paresthesia | 116 (26.60) |
Dysesthesia | 14 (3.21) |
Proprioception disturbance | 12 (2.75) |
Allodynia | 1 (0.22) |
Low back pain |
18 (4.12) |
Respiratory muscle involvement | 436 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Neuromuscular respiratory weakness |
79 (18.11) |
Gait disturbance | 436 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Ataxia |
51 (11.69) |
Autonomic dysfunction | 436 (Huang et al., 2020) |
Hypotension | 30 (6.88) |
Hypertension | 16 (3.66) |
Blood pressure instability | 6 (1.37) |
Postural hypotension | 2 (0.45) |
Arrhythmias | 24 (5.50) |
Bladder dysfunction | 20 (4.58) |
Bowel dysfunction | 12 (2.75) |
Gastroparesis | 3 (0.68) |
Sweating | 2 (0.45) |
Dry mouth | 1 (0.22) |
Erectile dysfunction | 1 (0.22) |
Unspecified autonomic involvement | 13 (2.98) |