Phrenic nerve palsy in severe tetanus

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 271-274

  Panda, N B ^a   Yaddanapudi, S ^a   Bharadwaj, N ^a   Das, C ^a   Chari, P ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic paralysis; Difficult weaning; Neuropathy; Phrenic nerve palsy; Tetanus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAZEPAM; GENTAMICIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MORPHINE; PANCURONIUM; PENICILLIN G; TETANUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM TETANI; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE PARALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHRENIC NERVE; RIGIDITY; SEDATION; TETANUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRISMUS;

EID: 1842472000     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0403200220     Document Type: Article

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