Increasing
Severity
Of the immune
attack AIDP with Acute motor-
Secondary Sensory axonal
Axonal Neuropathy
degeneration (AMSAN)
Fig. 22-3. Proposed interrelationships of the forms of GBS. (Reprinted with permission
From Griffin et al., Pathology of the motor-sensory axonal Guillian-Barre syndrome,
Ann Neurol 39:17 28, 1996 [41].)
Kriteria diagnostik (AAN91)
Disfungsi motor dan sensori pada lebih
dari satu ekstremitas yang progresif atau
relaps, dan berlangsung lebih kurang 2
bulan.
Arefleksia atau hiporefleksia, biasanya
pada ke 4 ekstremitas
Temporal courses of CIDP
SLOWLY
PROGRESSIVE
STEPWISE
PROGRESSIVE
SLOWLY
MONOPHASIC
MONOPHASIC
RELAPSING
PROGRESSIVE
RELAPSING
RELAPSING
REMITTING
MONTHS / YEARS
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES BETWEEN
ACUTE GUILLAIN BARRE AND CIDP
weeks
ACUTE MONOPHASIC
GBS WITH
LIMITED RELAPSE
weeks
RELAPSING ACUTE
MONOPHASIC GBS
CIDP STARTING
AS GBS
weeks Months/years
ACUTE GBS
FOLLOWED BY CIDP
weeks Months/years
Figure 10-1.Possible temporal courses following acute GBS
Differential diagnosis
Transverse myelitis
Acute spinal cord compresion
Botulism
Tick paralysis
Myastenia gravis
Periodic paralysis
Poliomyelitis
Acute inflammatory myopathies
CSF protein content
EMG
Diagnostic aids in detecting GBS
To determine and to differentiate axonal or
myelin disorder
Not pathognomonic, when present strongly
suggest the diagnosis
Present in 50% during the first 2 weeks and
80% the third week
Motor conduction, sensory conduction, F
waves and needle electromyography
Approach to treatment
Severity of illness
Mild(able to walk)
Moderate (unable to walk, but lift limbs)
Severe (unable to lift limb)
Corticosteroids are not helpful, they tend to
prolong the course and possibly
contraindicated
Plasma exchange (plasmapheresis)
Intravenous immune globulin (IVIG)
physioterapi
Table 16-1 SUMMARY OF SURVEY LANCE AND
APPROACH TO TREATMENT IN ACUTE STAGES OF GBS
Mild
Observe : treat with plasma
Able to walk
exchange if still worsening
No cardiovascular dysautonomia
Active physical therapy
exercises as tolerated
Moderate
Unable to walk, but lifts limbs
Begin plasma exchange/IVIG
from bed or chair Passive physical therapy
Oropharyngeal weakness but
swallows safety
Severe Plasma exchange/IVIG if
Unable to lift limbs
hemodynamically stable
Aspiration risk
Passive physical therapy and
Blood pressure fluctuations
splinting
Case 1
10 yrs old girl had a 3-day history with increasing
difficulty walking. Two weeks earlier, she had
URTI.
On examination. Alert, no facial weakness and no
trouble with chewing/swallowing. Lower
extremities demonstrated flaccid paraplegia. Arm
and hand strength were decreased. Sensory
examination was intact to touch.
EMG findings compatible with moderate -severe
demyelinating polyneuropathy. No lumbal
puncture was performed
Case 1
She had IVIG (400 mg/kgBB/day) for 3
consecutive days. Headache was noted on the first
day of administration.
Improvement were seen after the first dose of
IVIG and much better after the third.
On days 9, she could walk with slight assistance.
On days 16, she walked unsupported
Case 2
A 4-year-old boy was well until the evening before he was
seen when he suddenly had problem with walking.
There was unilateral ptosis, and facial weakness. No bulbar
dysfunction or respiratory insufficiency. Absent deep tendon
reflexes, and reflexes in upper extremities were slightly
diminished
Lumbal puncture was not done. The diagnosis of GBS was
confirmed by the EMG 6 days after onset of symptoms.