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Table 4 Hospital stay in the intensive care unit and mechanical ventilation among the two groups

From: Guillain–Barre syndrome: small-volume plasmapheresis versus intravenous immunoglobulin—3rd level hospital experience

 

SVP group

Iv Ig group

 

Min

Mean

Max

Min

Mean

Max

The length of intensive care unit hospitalization (days)

1

8.9 ± 7.8

26

2

11.8 ± 9.7

29

The length of ventilation (days)

2

9 ± 8.7

21

5

10.6 ± 5.5

19

Recovery start time (days)

2

12.3 ± 7.0

30

3

11.3 ± 6.5

25

  1. SVP small-volume plasmapheresis
  2. IVIg intravenous immunoglobulin