Postoperative bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis and subsequent anaesthesia.
A case is described of a 56-year-old man who developed bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis following surgery remote from the course of the phrenic nerves. This rare complication is reviewed and the management of subsequent anaesthesia described.
Morgan
R J
RJ
Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury.
D000758:Anesthesia; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003082:Colectomy; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010791:Phrenic Nerve; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014797:Vital Capacity