Table 1 Frequently encountered adverse events in GBS patients

Pulmonary disease and symptom

• Respiratory illness

• Upper respiratory infectious symptoms

• Respiratory insufficiency

• Pneumonia

• Pulmonary embolism

GI disease and symptom

• Diarrhea

• Gastrointestinal bleeding

Neurologic symptom

• Numbness

• Paresthesia

• Weakness

• Pain in the limbs

• Weakness of the limbs

• Weakness progresses

• Generalized hyporeflexia

• Generalized areflexia

• Unable to walk

Infection

• Campylobacter jejuni infection

• CMV infection

• EB virus infection

• Influenza virus infection

• VZV infection

• HIV infection

• Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection

Clinical intervention

• Surgery

• Vaccination

Test

• Spinal tap (lumbar puncture)

• Electromyography

• Nerve conduction studies

Other

• Sepsis

• Hodgkin's lymphoma