Dunlop R J, Davidson J N, Orpin M J, Rankin R J, Swinney J
Department of Medicine, Northland Base Hospital, Whangarei.
N Z Med J. 1987 Mar 11;100(819):139-41.
We report two patients with severe Guillain-Barre syndrome who had serious cardiac arrhythmias. One patient died of asystolic cardiac arrest; the other patient survived with conservative management. The association between the syndrome and arrhythmias, and the difficulties in the management of the latter, are reviewed.