title: Bilateral vocal cord palsy after ventricular drainage in a child.
abstract: Vocal cord palsies are caused by high intracranial pressure and normally improve with treatment. Our case report implies that stridor after drainage of a hydrocephalus, in susceptible patients, can be a result of worsening of vocal cord palsies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia, Royal London Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D008297:Male; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000209:etiology*