Myasthenia gravis treated in the neurology intensive care unit: a 14-year single-centre experience.

Mirjana ZdraljevicStojan PericMarta JeremicDragana LavrnicIvana BastaLjiljana HajdukovicDejana R JovanovicIvana Berisavac

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2022)

Patients with a severe MG exacerbation who do not require mechanical ventilation have a good outcome after treatment in the NICU. Elder age is an independent predictor of lethal outcome in patients with severe MG exacerbation. Mechanical ventilation and a higher number of comorbidities lead to more frequent complications.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
intensive care unit
respiratory failure
myasthenia gravis
acute respiratory distress syndrome
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
early onset
preterm infants
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
risk factors
drug induced