A case report of hemidiaphragmatic paresis caused by interscalene brachial plexus block

Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 899-901

  Ono, Tetsu ^a   Hayashi, Kenji ^a   Takahashi, Hiroyuki ^a   Sakio, Hideaki ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS ANESTHESIA; BREATHING MECHANICS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; OXYGEN THERAPY; PARESIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CASE REPORT; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE BLOCK; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HUMANS;

EID: 0036687288     PISSN: 00214892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Interscalene brachial plexus block
2. One hundred percent incidence of hemidiaphragmatic paresis associated with interscalene brachial plexus anesthesia as diagnosed by ultrasonography
3. Effect of hemidia-phragmatic paresis caused by interscalene brachial plexus block on breathing pattern, chest wall mechanics, and arterial blood gases
4. Hemidiaphragmatic paresis during interscalene brachial plexus block: Effects on pulmonary function and chest wall mechanics