Myasthenic crisis patients who require intensive care unit management.
Hideya Sakaguchi, Satoshi Yamashita, Teruyuki Hirano, Makoto Nakajima, En Kimura, Yasushi Maeda, Makoto Uchino
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 1-1-1 Honjo, Kumamoto 860-8556, Japan. hideya5783@fc.kuh.kumamoto-u.ac.jp
Muscle & nerve 2012 SepThe purpose of this report was to investigate predictive factors that necessitate intensive care in myasthenic crisis (MC). We retrospectively reviewed MC patients at our institution and compared ICU and ward management groups. Higher MG-ADL scale scores, non-ocular initial symptoms, infection-triggered findings, and higher MGFA classification were observed more frequently in the ICU group. In patients with these prognostic factors, better outcomes may be obtained with early institution of intensive care. Copyright © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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Hideya Sakaguchi, Satoshi Yamashita, Teruyuki Hirano, Makoto Nakajima, En Kimura, Yasushi Maeda, Makoto Uchino. Myasthenic crisis patients who require intensive care unit management. Muscle & nerve. 2012 Sep;46(3):440-2
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