[Percutaneous endoscopic gastrojejunostomy in the Guillain-Barré syndrome]

Nutr Hosp. 1995 Jul-Aug;10(4):237-9.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The nutritional support through an enteral route in patients diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, may be affected by the digestive alterations derived from the non-autonomic affliction. Even though the percutaneous endoscopic gastro-jejunostomy is still an infrequent technique in intensive-care units, its use in certain patients may ease the application of enteral nutrition. We present a case of Guillain-Barré syndrome, treated with enteral nutrition in an ICU during 100 days, 85 of which were by means of a gastro-jejunostomy tube, with good results.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Critical Care / methods
  • Diarrhea / etiology
  • Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / methods*
  • Enteral Nutrition / adverse effects
  • Enteral Nutrition / methods
  • Gastrostomy / methods*
  • Humans
  • Jejunostomy / methods*
  • Male
  • Polyradiculoneuropathy / therapy*