Common variant of GBS and its relation to age group and its gender distribution in our local population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Keywords:
Guillain-Barre syndrome, AIDP, AMAN, AMSANAbstract
Aim: To establish the most common variant of GBS among patient attending Kuwait teaching hospital. Material and Methods: The data was collected manually through data collection tool specially designed for the study. Our sample size was 103. The sampling technique was non probability convenient sampling. This study was a cross-sectional analysis of study conducted from (Jan-2017--Jan-2021) at Kuwait teaching Hospital, Peshawar, which is part of the comprehensive healthcare network. Results: A total of 103 cases of all age groups and both gender were included in our study. The most common variant was AMSAN (48.5%) followed by AIDP (31.1%). And the frequency of AMAN was 20.4%. The most common affected age group was 14 and younger (44.7%) followed by adults (26 to 65) which was 42.7%. Conclusion: We conclude from this study that, AMSAN is most common variant of GBS. Most commonly affected age group is 14 and younger. The prevalence of GBS is more in male.
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