Peripheral neuropathy electrophysiological screening in inflammatory bowel disease
| Autor: | Asimenia Babali, Nikolaos Lirantzopoulos, Michail Pitiakoudis, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Aikaterini Terzoudi, Georgios Kouklakis, H. Piperidou, Vasileios Souftas, Konstantinos Kleitsas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sensory Receptor Cells Neural Conduction Physical examination Disease Unnecessary Procedures Severity of Illness Index Asymptomatic Inflammatory bowel disease Young Adult Internal medicine Severity of illness medicine Humans Mass Screening Mass screening Aged Subclinical infection Motor Neurons Neurologic Examination Hepatology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Gastroenterology Peripheral Nervous System Diseases Middle Aged Inflammatory Bowel Diseases medicine.disease Peripheral neuropathy Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 25:539-542 |
| ISSN: | 0954-691X |
| DOI: | 10.1097/meg.0b013e32835ceca6 |
| Popis: | AIM: Peripheral neuropathy is often described in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The aim of this study was to assess the need for neurophysiological testing in IBD patients without neurological symptoms or signs to detect early subclinical neuropathy and its possible correlations with clinical and demographic characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ninety-seven consecutive IBD patients were screened for neurological symptoms and clinical signs, and those without symptoms or signs were included. Also, patients with comorbidities associated with peripheral neuropathy or a history of neurological disease were excluded. The remaining 45 asymptomatic patients were tested electrophysiologically for peripheral nerve involvement. RESULTS: None of the examined patients showed evidence for subclinical neuropathy. CONCLUSION: IBD patients with a normal neurological clinical examination and no symptoms have no evidence for neuropathy. Therefore, proper electrophysiological testing is not considered necessary. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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