Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort

Diaphragmatic paralysis is an uncommon cause of pulmonary dysfunction and can occur after traumatic phrenic nerve injury. Penetrating and blunt trauma to the neck is the most recognized mechanism of injury being stretching of the nerves very uncommon. We report a case of a 39-year-old man with bilat...

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Autores principales: Legarreta, Cora, Brea Folco, Javier, Burgos, Diego, Arce, Santiago, Luna, Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.003
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author Legarreta, Cora
Brea Folco, Javier
Burgos, Diego
Arce, Santiago
Luna, Carlos
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description Diaphragmatic paralysis is an uncommon cause of pulmonary dysfunction and can occur after traumatic phrenic nerve injury. Penetrating and blunt trauma to the neck is the most recognized mechanism of injury being stretching of the nerves very uncommon. We report a case of a 39-year-old man with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to violent stretching of the phrenic nerves. Clinical features and diagnosis methods are also reviewed.
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spelling pubmed-59259532018-05-01 Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort Legarreta, Cora Brea Folco, Javier Burgos, Diego Arce, Santiago Luna, Carlos Respir Med Case Rep Case Report Diaphragmatic paralysis is an uncommon cause of pulmonary dysfunction and can occur after traumatic phrenic nerve injury. Penetrating and blunt trauma to the neck is the most recognized mechanism of injury being stretching of the nerves very uncommon. We report a case of a 39-year-old man with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis due to violent stretching of the phrenic nerves. Clinical features and diagnosis methods are also reviewed. Elsevier 2018-02-20 /pmc/articles/PMC5925953/ /pubmed/29719803 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.003 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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title Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort
title_full Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort
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title_full_unstemmed Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort
title_short Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after an unusual physical effort
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5925953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719803
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.02.003
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