TY - JOUR
T1 - Neuromuscular Emergencies
AU - Bucelli, Robert
AU - Harms, Matthew B.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, New York.
PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - Although most neuromuscular disorders are recognized and treated in the outpatient clinic, a subset can present with rapidly advancing or severe weakness and constitute true emergencies by threatening respiratory and bulbar function. This review focuses on the recognition, diagnosis, and management of neuromuscular diseases most likely to present in the inpatient setting: infectious motor neuronopathies, inflammatory polyradiculopathies, and disorders of neuromuscular transmission. In each, the prompt recognition, diagnosis, and institution of specific therapies or supportive care can prevent mortality and mitigate morbidity.
AB - Although most neuromuscular disorders are recognized and treated in the outpatient clinic, a subset can present with rapidly advancing or severe weakness and constitute true emergencies by threatening respiratory and bulbar function. This review focuses on the recognition, diagnosis, and management of neuromuscular diseases most likely to present in the inpatient setting: infectious motor neuronopathies, inflammatory polyradiculopathies, and disorders of neuromuscular transmission. In each, the prompt recognition, diagnosis, and institution of specific therapies or supportive care can prevent mortality and mitigate morbidity.
KW - Guillain-Barré syndrome
KW - motor neuronopathy
KW - myasthenia gravis
KW - neuromuscular
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947928380&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1055/s-0035-1564303
DO - 10.1055/s-0035-1564303
M3 - Article
C2 - 26595869
AN - SCOPUS:84947928380
SN - 0271-8235
VL - 35
SP - 683
EP - 689
JO - Seminars in Neurology
JF - Seminars in Neurology
IS - 6
ER -