Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound

A patient with recent thoracic outlet decompression surgery presented with acute dyspnea and was found by point-of-care ultrasound to have diaphragm dysfunction. This case highlights an unexpected cause of respiratory complaints in the outpatient setting discovered at the bedside, utilizing point-of...

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Autores principales: Cain, Wesley, Cai, Sunny S., Salcedo, Christian, Embry, Steven, Scalise, Melissa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8221128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1915550
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spelling pubmed-82211282021-06-30 Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound Cain, Wesley Cai, Sunny S. Salcedo, Christian Embry, Steven Scalise, Melissa J Community Hosp Intern Med Perspect Case Report A patient with recent thoracic outlet decompression surgery presented with acute dyspnea and was found by point-of-care ultrasound to have diaphragm dysfunction. This case highlights an unexpected cause of respiratory complaints in the outpatient setting discovered at the bedside, utilizing point-of-care ultrasound protocol. Taylor & Francis 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8221128/ /pubmed/34211667 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1915550 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
title_full Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
title_fullStr Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
title_full_unstemmed Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
title_short Unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
title_sort unilateral diaphragmatic dysfunction following thoracic outlet surgery diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8221128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211667
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1915550
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