Who's at greatest risk for developing PPS?
Who’s at greatest risk for developing PPS?
Researchers have identified several factors common to patients with post-polio syndrome (PPS). Those factors include:
• Patient was older than age 10 at time of initial infection.
• Patient was hospitalized.
• Patient has history of ventilator use.
• Patient had paralytic involvement in all four limbs.
• Patient had weakness at time of acute polio.
• Patient has survived a long time since acute infection.
• Patient has had a recent weight gain.
• Patient has had pain associated with exercise.
[See: Gawne AC, Halstead LS. Post-polio syndrome: Pathophysiology and clinical management. Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 1995; 7: 147-188. For other references on PPS, see box on p. 215.]
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