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Table 4 Severity parameters for each attack in patients with myasthenic crisis

From: Frequency of myasthenic crisis in relation to thymectomy in generalized myasthenia gravis: A 17-year experience

 

Thymectomized patients (n = 25)

Non-thymectomized patients (n = 64)

P value*

Median Days in ICU (Range)

7(2–38)

12(2–55)

0.044

Need to Ventilatory support

19 (76%)

59 (92%)

0.037

Need to Plasmapheresis or IVIG

7 (28%)

23 (36%)

0.476

  1. * P values from chi-square test for assessment of difference between two groups