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Table 2 Number of hospitalizations per cause of exacerbation and management per event

From: Analysis of length of stay and treatment emergent complications in hospitalized myasthenia gravis patients with exacerbation

Cause of Exacerbation

Number (%)

(n = 141)

Unknown

42.55%

None Identified—New Diagnosis

6.4%

Medication-Related

12.76%

Non-Compliance

9.21%

Procedural

3.54%

Vaccine Non-preventable Infection (VPNPI)

12.76%

Vaccine Preventable Infection (VPI)

7.10%

Other

5.67%

Exacerbation Management Per Event

 IVIG

48.94%

 Plasmapheresis

46.10%

 IVIG and Plasmapheresis

7.09%

 Intubations

17.73%

 Use of Non-Invasive Ventilation

42.55%

 Tracheostomy

7.1%

 PEGa

17.7%

  1. aPercutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy.