TY - JOUR T1 - Are anticonvulsants a satisfactory alternative to opiate analgesia in patients experiencing pain with Guillain-Barré syndrome? JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 686 LP - 687 DO - 10.1136/adc.2004.054510 VL - 89 IS - 7 AU - S F McDouall AU - R C Tasker Y1 - 2004/07/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/7/686.abstract N2 - A 9 year old girl is admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) with a diagnosis of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). She has global motor weakness with an MRC power grade 3 and does not require mechanical ventilation. She has dysautonomia and remains on the PICU for respiratory and invasive arterial monitoring. During her admission she develops severe leg and back pain. Regular paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories are ineffective. Your educational supervisor asks you whether anticonvulsants would be an effective analgesic, or whether the tried and tested opiates would be the best option. Structured clinical question In patients experiencing pain complicating Guillain-Barré syndrome [patient], do anticonvulsants [intervention] provide better analgesia than opiates [comparison] and with fewer side effects [outcome]? Search strategy and outcome Cochrane library Guillain Barre (MeSH–explode) and pain (explode). Thirteen … ER -