Bilateral diaphragm paralysis following lung transplantation and cardiac surgery in a 17-year-old.
Bilateral diaphragm paralysis is a rare complication of lung transplantation. This report describes the development of chronic respiratory failure due to bilateral diaphragm paralysis following bilateral lung transplantation and closure of a patent foramen ovale. This patient required prolonged mechanical ventilation post-operatively; however, he eventually had adequate recovery of diaphragm function to wean from mechanical ventilation.
Mogayzel
Peter J
PJ
Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. mogayzel@mail.jhmi.edu
Colombani
Paul M
PM
Crawford
Thomas O
TO
Yang
Stephen C
SC
D000293:Adolescent; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000503:physiopathology*