Postextubation laryngeal spasm in an unanesthetized patient with Parkinson's disease.
We present a patient with Parkinson's disease who experienced laryngeal spasm after tracheal extubation without having been anesthetized. This patient's trachea was intubated because of respiratory arrest. We postulate that her postextubation laryngospasm was related to Parkinson's disease.
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Department of Anesthesiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8480.
Ward
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Vitkun
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Fitzgerald
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Askanazi
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007826:Laryngismus / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy