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Case Report: Respiratory paralysis associated with polymyxin B therapy [PDF]
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2022 Polymyxin B (PMB) and colistin are bactericidal polypeptide antibiotics discovered in 1947 and 1949 for the treatment of gram-negative bacterial infections. Polymyxin was used clinically in the 1950s, but it was gradually replaced by other antibiotics in
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Medicina, 2023 Respiratory muscle paralysis is known as a very common complication of Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS). However, most research has focused on its later stages rather than its earlier stages, including the prognosis of patients with this condition, or ...
Anqi Wang +4 more
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Protective effects of C5 level saline injection around the phrenic nerve in interscalene brachial plexus block: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Scientific ReportsInterscalene brachial plexus block (ISB) frequently causes phrenic nerve palsy. This study investigated whether ultrasound-guided saline injection around the C5 phrenic nerve could lessen diaphragmatic paralysis during shoulder surgery.
Shanshan Yu +4 more
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GRAPHIC RECORDS OF RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS. [PDF]
Lancet, The, 1913 n ...
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Mechanical ventilation in dogs and cats with tick paralysis
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2023 Respiratory failure from tick paralysis (TP) is an important cause of mortality in cats and dogs in Australia, occurring from a combination of respiratory muscle paralysis, upper respiratory tract obstruction and pulmonary disease.
Tess O'Keeffe, Rebekah E. Donaldson
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Concomitant brachial plexus and phrenic nerve palsy due to birth trauma: A case report
Medicine Science, 2021 Phrenic nerve palsy is a rare and mortal obstetric complication, and generally occurs with brachial plexus injury. Treatment options include surgical and conservative approach but there is no clear consensus yet.
Caglar Helvacioglu +2 more
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An atypical phenotype of hypokalemic periodic paralysis caused by a mutation in the sodium channel gene [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2010 Familial hypokalemic periodic paralysis is an autosomal-dominant channelopathy characterized by episodic muscle weakness with hypokalemia. The respiratory and cardiac muscles typically remain unaffected, but we report an atypical case of a family with ...
Yang Hee Park, June Bum Kim
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Acute intermittent hypoxia enhances corticospinal synaptic plasticity in humans
eLife, 2018 Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) enhances voluntary motor output in humans with central nervous system damage. The neural mechanisms contributing to these beneficial effects are unknown.
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Acute Facial Paralysis Due to EBV Infection
Namık Kemal Tıp Dergisi, 2020 Ebstein Barr virus (EBV) is a member of Herpes-viridae. Altough elevations of liver enzymes and upper respiratory tract infection findings is commonly seen during the EBV infection, acute facial paralysis is rare complication.
Hülya BAYKIZ +4 more
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West Nile Virus–associated Flaccid Paralysis
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2005 The causes and frequency of acute paralysis and respiratory failure with West Nile virus (WNV) infection are incompletely understood. During the summer and fall of 2003, we conducted a prospective, population-based study among residents of a 3-county ...
James J. Sejvar +10 more
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