Table 5 Hughes score on admission and discharge
From: Outcomes of patients presenting with Guillain-Barre Syndrome at a tertiary care center in India
Mean Hughes score on admission | Mean Hughes score on discharge | Improvement in scale | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Antecedent events | ||||
With (n = 25) | 3.96 ± 1.1 | 3.64 ± 1.0 | 0.32 ± 0.1 | 0.24 |
Without (n = 25) | 3.55 ± 0.9 | 3.15 ± 0.81 | 0.4 ± 0.09 | |
Cranial nerve involvement | ||||
With (n = 17) | 4.23 ± 1.12 | 4.1 ± 1.08 | 0.13 ± 0.04 | 0.008 |
Without (n = 33) | 3.6 ± 0.99 | 3.22 ± 0.91 | 0.38 ± 0.08 | |
Respiratory involvement | ||||
With (n = 15) | 4.04 ± 1.01 | 3.89 ± 0.96 | 0.15 ± 0.05 | 0.005 |
Without (n = 35) | 3.52 ± 0.97 | 3.22 ± 0.88 | 0.3 ± 0.09 | |
Albumino-cytologic dissociation | ||||
With (n = 31) | 3.86 ± 1.09 | 3.43 ± 0.97 | 0.43 ± 0.12 | 0.768 |
Without (n = 19) | 3.65 ± 0.98 | 3.27 ± 0.92 | 0.38 ± 0.06 | |
NCS | ||||
Demyelinating (n = 27) | 3.87 ± 1.2 | 3.32 ± 1.05 | 0.55 ± 0.15 | 0.078 |
Axonal (n = 20) | 3.94 ± 1.2 | 3.64 ± 1.09 | 0.3 ± 0.11 | |
Ventilatory support | ||||
With (n = 10) | 4.3 ± 1.21 | 4.2 ± 1.20 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 0.007 |
Without (n = 40) | 3.51 ± 0.96 | 3.1 ± 0.82 | 0.41 ± 0.14 | |
Treatment | ||||
Plasma Exchange | 3.94 ± 0.99 | 3.3 ± 0.76 | 0.64 ± 0.23 | 0.89 |
IVIG | 4 ± 0.81 | 3.31 ± 0.77 | 0.69 ± 0.04 | |