INTRODUCTION: @entity5011 , an acute @entity8954 that presents with @entity425 and @entity4894 , is the most common cause of @entity912 . In certain @entity1 , @entity1576 is secondary to this disorder, eventually causing @entity1 to require mechanical ventilation and experience additional complications due to diminished respiratory support and related mobility limitations. Prognoses for most of these cases are positive; treatment consists of basic support combined with plasmapheresis or administration of immunoglobulins. OBJECTIVE: This study sought to describe the socio-demographic, clinical, laboratory and neurophysiological characteristics of @entity1 with @entity5011 who were hospitalised in the Intensive Care Unit of the Neurological Institute of Colombia between 2006 and 2012. METHODOLOGY: This study presents a case series. RESULTS: We surveyed 25 @entity1 (32% female and 68% male) with @entity5011 and an average age of 54 years. Sixty per cent of these @entity1 were admitted between days 3 and 7 after symptom onset; 64% had a history of @entity1729 and 20% had a history of @entity281 . In addition, 84% of the @entity1 presented with albuminocytological dissociation. We observed the following clinical subtypes of @entity5011 : inflammatory demyelinating @entity305 in 32%, @entity1897 in 28%, @entity1897 in 28%, and @entity4894 in 12%. CONCLUSIONS: In this descriptive study of a group of critical care @entity1 with @entity5011 , results depended on @entity1 ' clinical severity at time of admission. Our findings are similar to results published in the international literature.

Experience with XXXX in a neurological Intensive Care Unit.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity4894 :: ('MESH:D019846', 'Disease') :: ['Miller Fisher syndrome', 'areflexia'] @entity8954 :: ('MESH:D011129', 'Disease') :: ['polyradiculoneuropathy'] @entity305 :: ('MESH:D011115', 'Disease') :: ['polyneuropathy'] @entity425 :: ('MESH:D018908', 'Disease') :: ['weakness'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['intestinal infection'] @entity1897 :: ('MESH:D010523', 'Disease') :: ['acute motor axonal neuropathy', 'acute motor-sensory axonal neuropathy'] @entity5011 :: ('MESH:D020275', 'Disease') :: ['GBS', 'Guillain-Barr   syndrome'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory failure'] @entity1729 :: ('MESH:D012141', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory infection'] @entity912 :: ('MESH:D010243', 'Disease') :: ['acute flaccid paralysis']
@entity5011 :: (MESH:D020275,Disease) :: ['Guillain-Barr   syndrome']
