Peripheral neuropathy and neuromuscular blockade presenting as prolonged respiratory paralysis following critical illness
Peripheral neuropathy and neuromuscular blockade presenting as prolonged respiratory paralysis following critical illness
We report two patients who following critical illness presented with generalised paralysis associated with persistent failure to breathe. Both patients eventually recovered and were weaned from the ventilator. The cause of the paralysis was an unusual peripheral neuropathy in the first patient and persistent neuromuscular blockade secondary to vecuronium in the second. It is important to consider a reversible, possibly even iatrogenic, cause of this type of complication.
Critical illness, Peripheral neuropathy, Prolonged neuromuscular blockade
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Hechmatt, J.Z.
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Pitt, M.C.
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Kirkham, F.
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1993
Hechmatt, J.Z.
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Pitt, M.C.
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Kirkham, F.
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Hechmatt, J.Z., Pitt, M.C. and Kirkham, F.
(1993)
Peripheral neuropathy and neuromuscular blockade presenting as prolonged respiratory paralysis following critical illness.
Neuropediatrics, 24 (3), .
(doi:10.1055/s-2008-1071527).
Abstract
We report two patients who following critical illness presented with generalised paralysis associated with persistent failure to breathe. Both patients eventually recovered and were weaned from the ventilator. The cause of the paralysis was an unusual peripheral neuropathy in the first patient and persistent neuromuscular blockade secondary to vecuronium in the second. It is important to consider a reversible, possibly even iatrogenic, cause of this type of complication.
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Published date: 1993
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Critical illness, Peripheral neuropathy, Prolonged neuromuscular blockade
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429781
ISSN: 0174-304X
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