Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea

We describe a 56-year-old female patient hospitalised with COVID-19 in April 2020 who had persistent respiratory symptoms after radiographic and microbiologic recovery. X-ray of the chest demonstrated an elevated right hemidiaphragm while fluoroscopy confirmed unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Sym...

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Autores principales: Dandawate, Nupur, Humphreys, Christopher, Gordan, Patrick, Okin, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34815229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246668
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author Dandawate, Nupur
Humphreys, Christopher
Gordan, Patrick
Okin, Daniel
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description We describe a 56-year-old female patient hospitalised with COVID-19 in April 2020 who had persistent respiratory symptoms after radiographic and microbiologic recovery. X-ray of the chest demonstrated an elevated right hemidiaphragm while fluoroscopy confirmed unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Symptoms resolved gradually, concurrent with restoration of right hemidiaphragm function. Thus, we describe a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea.
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spelling pubmed-86114192021-12-10 Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea Dandawate, Nupur Humphreys, Christopher Gordan, Patrick Okin, Daniel BMJ Case Rep Case Report We describe a 56-year-old female patient hospitalised with COVID-19 in April 2020 who had persistent respiratory symptoms after radiographic and microbiologic recovery. X-ray of the chest demonstrated an elevated right hemidiaphragm while fluoroscopy confirmed unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis. Symptoms resolved gradually, concurrent with restoration of right hemidiaphragm function. Thus, we describe a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea. BMJ Publishing Group 2021-11-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8611419/ /pubmed/34815229 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246668 Text en © BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2021. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://bmj.com/coronavirus/usageThis article is made freely available for use in accordance with BMJ’s website terms and conditions for the duration of the covid-19 pandemic or until otherwise determined by BMJ. You may use, download and print the article for any lawful, non-commercial purpose (including text and data mining) provided that all copyright notices and trade marks are retained.
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Dandawate, Nupur
Humphreys, Christopher
Gordan, Patrick
Okin, Daniel
Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title_full Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title_fullStr Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title_full_unstemmed Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title_short Diaphragmatic paralysis in COVID-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of COVID-19 dyspnoea
title_sort diaphragmatic paralysis in covid-19: a rare cause of postacute sequelae of covid-19 dyspnoea
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8611419/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34815229
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-246668
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