Guillain-Barré syndrome in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Literature review

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https://doi.org/10.33448/rsd-v10i7.16480

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Guillian-Barré syndrome; Coronavirus infections; Neurology; Internal medicine; Public health.

Abstract

Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is an acute immune-mediated polyneuropathy, also determined as acute idiopathic polyradiculoneuropathy, given by an acquired autoimmune disorder. This syndrome is marked by the loss of the myelin sheath and tendon reflexes, encompassing acute immunomediated polyneuropathies, which can be subdivided into two types: demyelinating and axonal, which can be triggered by an immune trigger due to viral, bacterial, fungal etiology. or genetics. When it comes to GBS by etiology by SARS-COV-2, there are reports in the literature of affected patients who developed neurological manifestations in the post-COVID-19 syndrome, determined by the presentation of symptoms for more than three months after the acute phase of the disease. In this sense, this article aims to describe the main clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment for patients affected by GBS in the post-COVID-19 syndrome. A retrospective, bibliographic review was carried out in the MEDLINE / PubMed and LILACS databases, using the descriptors / keywords and Boolean operator: "Coronavirus Infections" AND "Guillain-Barré Syndrome". 86 articles were located and after applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, eight case report articles were included for analysis. The sex most affected was male (75%), with a mean age of 52 years with a minimum of 21 years and a maximum of 66 years. The presentation symptoms for COVID-19 ranged from asymptomatic (12.5%) to symptomatic (87.5%) with the presence of cough (75%), fever (62.5%) and others. The first neurological manifestation after COVID-19 was in 13 days, with the main neurological manifestations being bilateral peripheral facial paralysis, dysarthria and areflexia. When analyzing the cerebrospinal fluid, there was the presence of albuminocytological dissociations (87.5%) and olioclonal bands (12.8%). When electroneuromyography was performed, the neurophysiological subtypes found were classified mostly by demyelinating neuropathy (50%), with its main variant for GBS for classical motor sensitivism (62.5%). Most patients, after diagnosis of the main variant for GBS (87.5%), were treated with intravenous immunoglobulin (75%) and plasmapheresis (12.5%), with favorable clinical evolution and later hospital discharge.

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AFONSO, T. de O.; SANTOS, S. L. dos; SILVA, R. K. B. da; SOUZA, D. R. F. de; ARAÚJO, G. B.; CARVALHO, I. de O. .; MOTA, J. V. F.; MOURA, L. C. de; BORGES, G. D.; VIEIRA, A. I. A.; BARBOSA, B. da L.; SANTOS, R. C. A.; SOUSA JÚNIOR, C. P. de; PORTO, M. de J.; SOUZA, J. P. de; VIANA, V. C. de A.; SILVA, F. M. C. da; MACIEL, A. C.; APOLINÁRIO, J. M. dos S. da S.; OLIVEIRA, R. A. de; SOUSA, E. P. D. de; CRUZ, A. N. da; SILVA, M. T. da; SILVA, M. da C. A. da; FARIA, F. I. F.; LOBO, R. M.; TÔRRES, A. da S.; ROCHA, S. A. Guillain-Barré syndrome in post-COVID-19 syndrome: Literature review. Research, Society and Development, [S. l.], v. 10, n. 7, p. e18910716480, 2021. DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v10i7.16480. Disponível em: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/16480. Acesso em: 18 apr. 2024.

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Copyright (c) 2021 Thyago de Oliveira Afonso; Samuel Lopes dos Santos; Ranniely Kauany Bezerra da Silva; Douglas Rogério Freitas de Souza; Gustavo Baroni Araújo; Igor de Oliveira Carvalho; João Victor Filgueiras Mota; Layanne Cavalcante de Moura; Guilherme Dantas Borges; Ana Izabel Aparecida Vieira; Bernardo da Luz Barbosa; Ronnyele Cássia Araujo Santos; Célio Pereira de Sousa Júnior; Murilo de Jesus Porto; Jaciara Pinheiro de Souza; Vanessa Cristina de Almeida Viana; Filipe Matheus Cardoso da Silva; Amanda Costa Maciel; Joelma Maria dos Santos da Silva Apolinário; Rafaela Alves de Oliveira; Erica Patrícia Dias de Sousa; Adriano Nogueira da Cruz; Mariana Teixeira da Silva; Maria da Cruz Alves da Silva; Francisco Iago Fonseca Faria; Ricardo Mesquita Lobo; Alane da Silva Tôrres; Samara Atanielly Rocha

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