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Give or take? Intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome

A new randomised controlled trial suggested that plasma exchange hastened removal from the ventilator in mechanically ventilated children with Guillain-Barré syndrome compared with intravenous immunoglobulin. Two larger trials in adults showed the opposite result.

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Autor principal: Hughes, Richard AC
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10312
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spelling pubmed-33876082012-07-28 Give or take? Intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome Hughes, Richard AC Crit Care Commentary A new randomised controlled trial suggested that plasma exchange hastened removal from the ventilator in mechanically ventilated children with Guillain-Barré syndrome compared with intravenous immunoglobulin. Two larger trials in adults showed the opposite result. BioMed Central 2011 2011-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3387608/ /pubmed/21888680 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10312 Text en Copyright ©2011 BioMed Central Ltd
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Give or take? Intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome
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title_full_unstemmed Give or take? Intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome
title_short Give or take? Intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for Guillain-Barré syndrome
title_sort give or take? intravenous immunoglobulin or plasma exchange for guillain-barré syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387608/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21888680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10312
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