Initial Treatment

Initial treatment is supportive. Plasma exchange (PE) or intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) are indicated in the treatment of GBS patients in the following patients:

• Unable to walk independently for 10m
• Rapidly deteriorating patients
• Patients with dysphagia or respiratory failure

Corticosteroids, either as single treatment or in addition to IVIg, did not show any associations with improved outcome in RCTs.