Patients unable to walk independently at six months after onset
| Patient No | Age (y) | Sex | Electrodiagnosis | Antecedent infection | Treatment | Hughes grade at nadir | Days to nadir | Time (months) to reach independent locomotion | Low CMAPs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Low distal CMAPs (less than 20% of the lower limit of normal) in at least two nerves. | |||||||||
| †Hughes grade 5 considered to be the peak of illness 30 days after onset; died (Hughes grade 6) seven months after onset. | |||||||||
| AIDP, acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy; AMAN, acute motor axonal neuropathy; CMAP, compound motor action potential; F, female; IVIG, intravenous immunoglobulin; M, male; PP, plasmapheresis; URTI, upper respiratory tract infection. | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | F | AMAN | Enteritis | PP | 4 | 15 | 57 | Yes |
| 2 | 30 | M | AMAN | Enteritis | PP | 5 | 6 | 28 | Yes |
| 3 | 44 | M | AMAN | Enteritis | PP | 4 | 1 | 8 | No |
| 4 | 17 | M | AMAN | Enteritis | PP | 4 | 7 | 11 | Yes |
| 5 | 17 | M | AMAN | Enteritis | IVIG | 5 | 7 | 9 | Yes |
| 6 | 65 | F | AMAN | URTI | IVIG | 5 | 3 | 10 | Yes |
| 7 | 53 | F | AIDP | URTI | IVIG | 5 | 9 | 9 | Yes |
| 8 | 75 | F | AIDP | Others | IVIG | 6 | 30† | – | No |