Bilateral diaphragm paralysis: A challenging diagnosis

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1368-1371

  Billings, Martha E ^a,b   Aitken, Moira L ^a   Benditt, Joshua O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CITALOPRAM; ETIRACETAM; LABETALOL; LANSOPRAZOLE; OXYCODONE; WARFARIN; ZOLPIDEM;

ADULT; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; TRACHEOSTOMY; VASCULAR RING; DIAPHRAGM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FLUOROSCOPY; INNERVATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; PRESSURE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149172116     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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