Case Report: Post-surgical Guillain-Barré syndrome as a rare differential diagnosis of flaccid paralysis of the lower extremities in an infant after cardiac surgery
This case report emphasizes the importance of considering post-surgical GBS in critically ill children with postoperative paralysis. Recognition may be delayed due to variable initial presentations and accompanying factors such as sedation and extracorporeal life support.
Authors
- Maximilian Groß (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4813-0563)
- Johannes Nordmeyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6961-5773)
- Rafal Berger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8245-4457)
- Felix Neunhoeffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6818-7276)
- Andrea Bevot (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9482-9447)
Institutions
- University Children's Hospital Tübingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fped.2025.1610035
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39
Funders
- Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen