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Prolonged Respiratory Paralysis in Wound Botulism

Chest, 1979
Two patients had wound botulism with longer duration of respiratory paralysis than previously described. Each sustained extensive trauma to soft tissues and grossly contaminated wounds when thrown from a vehicle in a rural area. Progressive muscular weakness and respiratory distress occurred 8 and 13 days after injury, in the presence of infected ...
S W, Lewis   +3 more
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Hypokalemic respiratory paralysis in Bartter’s syndrome

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2002
Life threatening hypokalemia can be a mode of presentation in renal salt wasting (Group-1) patients of Bartter's syndrome causing hypokalemic respiratory paralysis. Treatment on an emergent basis is required. In the long run, such patients may require higher doses of supplementary potassium and potassium sparing diuretics.
Verinderjit S, Virdi   +2 more
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Association between Upper Respiratory Infection and Idiopathic Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology, 2018
Introduction: Unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) without an identifiable cause is termed idiopathic unilateral vocal fold paralysis (IUVFP). Some authors have postulated that select cases of IUVFP have a viral etiology, but the causality has not been
Neel K. Bhatt, P. Pipkorn, R. Paniello
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Respiratory Management of Diaphragm Paralysis

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2002
The diaphragm is the most important muscle of ventilation. Its contraction is key to the development of intrathoracic pressures. Diseases that affect diaphragmatic function result in decreased pressure-generating capacity by the respiratory muscles. If the involvement is severe or if there is underlying respiratory pathology, diaphragmatic paralysis ...
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Respiratory paralysis secondary to epidural anesthesia in a dog.

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1986
Transient respiratory paralysis developed in a 12-year-old spayed female Cocker Spaniel that received an anesthetic epidurally for excisional biopsy of perianal masses.
Blass Ce, Shires Pk
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ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA WITH RESPIRATORY PARALYSIS

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1958
Porphyria is characterized by remissions and exacerbations; it causes death by producing respiratory failure. Three patients with respiratory involvement during recurring episodes of intermittent porphyria were treated by tracheotomy and mechanical respiratory assistance.
Doll, Stanley G.   +2 more
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