Anesthesia Experience for Guillain-Barre Syndrome in Endoscopy Procedures: A Retrospective Case Series.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether patients with previous Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) encountered anesthetic complications that necessitated an unanticipated escalation of care during endoscopic procedures.

Patients and methods

We reviewed 309 patients diagnosed with GBS who underwent 537 gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures at all Mayo Clinic geographic sites from January 1, 2012 to May 25, 2023. Our study included patients with GBS from acute onset, chronic/relapsing to full/partial recovery phases. We assessed whether GBS correlated with unanticipated escalations of care, defined as intraprocedural escalation between types of sedation or unanticipated hospital admission after an endoscopic procedure.

Results

No case exhibited anesthesia-related complications or req

SUBMITTER: Higgins TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12008634 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature