Myasthenic crisis treated in a Chinese neurological intensive care unit: clinical features, mortality, outcomes, and predictors of survival

Table 2 Laboratory tests, disease characteristics and outcomes of patients with first MC onset

Parameter	value
Arterial blood gas before intubation
pH	7.4 ± 0.1
PO₂ (mmHg)	105.3 ± 43.6
PCO₂ (mmHg)	48.8 ± 16.8
Blood test
WBC (10⁹/L)	16.5 ± 6.2
Clinical severity
MGFA (IIB/IIIB/IVB)	38/62/11
MG-ADL scale score	16.9 ± 4.4
Duration on ventilation (hours)	190.3 ± 221.6
Duration of hospitalization (days)	26.5 ± 15.3
ICU stay (days)	12.3 ± 13.1

Abbreviations: ICU intensive care unit, MC myasthenic crisis, MG-ADL Myasthenia Gravis–Activities of Daily Living scale, MGFA Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America scale, mRS modified Rankin scale, WBC white blood cell count

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