TY - JOUR
T1 - Long term intubation and successful weaning in two children with Guillain-Barre Syndrome
AU - Javed, Hashim
AU - Nair, Madhavachandran P.
AU - Koul, Roshan L.
AU - Chacko, Alexander
AU - Fazalullah, Mohammad
PY - 2000/7
Y1 - 2000/7
N2 - No definite criteria exists in Guillian-Barre Syndrome in children regarding prolonged ventilation through an endotracheal tube without tracheostomy and successful weaning using a T-piece. Here we report two such cases of Guillian-Barre Syndrome requiring prolonged intubation for 56 days and ventilation for 30 days and ultimately successfully weaning them using the T-piece. Both the children eventually made a complete recovery, highlighting the point that in children prolonged intubation and ventilation using the portex tube is equally good, if not, better than tracheostomy with its attendant risks.
AB - No definite criteria exists in Guillian-Barre Syndrome in children regarding prolonged ventilation through an endotracheal tube without tracheostomy and successful weaning using a T-piece. Here we report two such cases of Guillian-Barre Syndrome requiring prolonged intubation for 56 days and ventilation for 30 days and ultimately successfully weaning them using the T-piece. Both the children eventually made a complete recovery, highlighting the point that in children prolonged intubation and ventilation using the portex tube is equally good, if not, better than tracheostomy with its attendant risks.
KW - Extubation
KW - Guillain-Barre Syndrome
KW - Prolonged ventilation
KW - T-piece
KW - Weaning
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M3 - Article
C2 - 11500736
AN - SCOPUS:11144323781
SN - 0379-5284
VL - 21
SP - 686
EP - 688
JO - Saudi Medical Journal
JF - Saudi Medical Journal
IS - 7
ER -