The challenge of diagnosing Guillain-Barre syndrome in patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit.

Journal: Journal Of Neuroimmunology
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Abstract

Various neurological complications have been described in COVID-19 patients, especially Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). The underlying mechanisms on the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection and GBS remain unclear, but several hypotheses have been proposed. It seems that post-SARS-CoV-2 GBS shares many characteristics with classic post-infectious GBS; however, it may occur in sedated and intubated patients hospitalized in the intensive care unit for SARS-CoV-2 acute respiratory distress syndrome, which presents challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of GBS. In this study, we describe three cases of post-SARS-CoV-2 GBS that were hospitalized in the intensive care unit.

Authors
Pablo Diaz, Marie Leveque, Geoffroy Hautecloque, François Sellal, Olivier Augereau, Livinia Lita, Estelle Biegle, Lounis Belilita, Charles Bouterra, Pierre Rerat, Antonio Alvarez Gonzalez, Martin Martinot, Victor Gerber