Characteristics of electromyography in 111 patients with generalized myasthenia gravis : a retrospective study

Objective: To retrospectively analyze the characteristics of the electromyography (EMG) study in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) patients. Methods: A total of 111 gMG patients were enrolled. Patients were divided into two groups: 36 severe patients discontinuing pyridostigmine bromide (PB) for 8 hours were included in 8 h group, and 75 g MG patients discontinuing PB for at least 18 hours were included in>18 h group. The clinical information and EMG study data were collected and analyzed. Results: There were statistically significant differences in the initial location of the myasthenia muscle (P=0.027), the affected muscle detected by the EMG (P=0.015) and quantitative myasthenia gravis (QMG) score (P<0.01) between the two groups. Comparisons in each group revealed that the highest positive rate of low-frequency repetitive nerve stimulation (RNS) of facial in 8 h group and>18 h group was 94.4% and 60.0%, respectively. Comparisons between the two groups showed that the positive rate of low-frequency RNS in 8 h group was significantly higher than that in>18 h group (94.4% vs 70.7%, χ(2)=8.115, P=0.004). In particular, the positive rate of RNS in facial nerves and the extent of the amplitude decrease under different electrical stimulations (1 Hz, 3 Hz, and 5 Hz) were dramatically higher in the 8 h group (P<0.01). Conclusions: For gMG patients, the facial and accessory nerve detection can improve the positive rate of RNS. Different muscles had various sensitivity to PB, and orbicularis oculi muscle seemed the least sensitive muscle to PB. For suspect MG patients in severe condition, only discontinuing PB medication for 8 h before low-frequency RNS testing can avoid the deterioration and also obtain similar positive rate.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:99

Enthalten in:

Zhonghua yi xue za zhi - 99(2019), 32 vom: 27. Aug., Seite 2522-2526

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lin, Z Z [VerfasserIn]
Ran, H [VerfasserIn]
Chen, P [VerfasserIn]
Deng, J [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Z D [VerfasserIn]
Ou, C Y [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, L [VerfasserIn]
Feng, H Y [VerfasserIn]
Liao, S J [VerfasserIn]
Liu, W B [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Electromyography
Journal Article
Myasthenia gravis
Pyridostigmine bromide

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Date Completed 10.09.2019

Date Revised 10.09.2019

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.32.011

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300933428