Cheng-Yin Tan1, Nortina Shahrizaila2, Kee-Ying Yeoh2, Khean-Jin Goh2, Maw-Pin Tan3. 1. Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. cytan@ummc.edu.my. 2. Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 3. Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to investigate autonomic dysfunction in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients and describe the results of computational heart rate variability (HRV)/baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and autonomic challenge tests. METHODS: GBS patients were consecutively recruited and the results were compared to age- and gender-matched healthy controls. A series of autonomic function tests including computation-dependent tests (power spectrum analysis of HRV and BRS at rest) and challenge maneuvers (deep breathing, eyeball compression, active standing, the Valsalva maneuver, sustained handgrip, and the cold pressor test) were performed. RESULTS: Ten GBS patients (six men; mean age = 40.1 ± 13.9 years) and ten gender- and age-matched healthy controls were recruited. The mean GBS functional grading scale at disease plateau was 3.4 ± 1.0. No patients required intensive care unit admission or mechanical ventilation. Low-frequency HRV (p = 0.027), high-frequency HRV (p = 0.008), and the total power spectral density of HRV (p = 0.015) were significantly reduced in patients compared to controls. The mean up slope (p = 0.034), down slope (p = 0.011), and total slope (p = 0.024) BRS were significantly lower in GBS patients. The diastolic rise in blood pressure in the cold pressor test was significantly lower in GBS patients compared to controls (p = 0.008). INTERPRETATION: Computation-dependent tests (HRV and BRS) were more useful for detecting autonomic dysfunction in GBS patients, whereas the cold pressor test was the only reliable challenge test, making it useful as a bedside measure of autonomic function in GBS patients.
OBJECTIVE: The current study aimed to investigate autonomic dysfunction in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients and describe the results of computational heart rate variability (HRV)/baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) and autonomic challenge tests. METHODS:GBSpatients were consecutively recruited and the results were compared to age- and gender-matched healthy controls. A series of autonomic function tests including computation-dependent tests (power spectrum analysis of HRV and BRS at rest) and challenge maneuvers (deep breathing, eyeball compression, active standing, the Valsalva maneuver, sustained handgrip, and the cold pressor test) were performed. RESULTS: Ten GBSpatients (six men; mean age = 40.1 ± 13.9 years) and ten gender- and age-matched healthy controls were recruited. The mean GBS functional grading scale at disease plateau was 3.4 ± 1.0. No patients required intensive care unit admission or mechanical ventilation. Low-frequency HRV (p = 0.027), high-frequency HRV (p = 0.008), and the total power spectral density of HRV (p = 0.015) were significantly reduced in patients compared to controls. The mean up slope (p = 0.034), down slope (p = 0.011), and total slope (p = 0.024) BRS were significantly lower in GBSpatients. The diastolic rise in blood pressure in the cold pressor test was significantly lower in GBSpatients compared to controls (p = 0.008). INTERPRETATION: Computation-dependent tests (HRV and BRS) were more useful for detecting autonomic dysfunction in GBSpatients, whereas the cold pressor test was the only reliable challenge test, making it useful as a bedside measure of autonomic function in GBSpatients.
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