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Reversible diaphragmatic paralysis caused by a malpositioned chest tube

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 December 2014

Yu Nakagama ,
Yukihiro Kaneko  and
Hiroshi Ono
Yu Nakagama*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Yaizu City Hospital, Yaizu-shi, Japan Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, Tokyo, Japan
Yukihiro Kaneko
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, Tokyo, Japan
Hiroshi Ono
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, National Medical Center for Children and Mothers, Tokyo, Japan
*
Correspondence to: Dr Y. Nakagama, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Yaizu City Hospital, 1000 Doubara, Yaizu-shi, Shizuoka 425-8505, Japan. Tel: +81 54 623 3111; Fax: +81 54 624 9103; E-mail: yuu.nakagama@hospital.yaizu.shizuoka.jp
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Abstract

We report a case of reversible diaphragmatic paralysis caused by a malpositioned chest tube, a diagnosis to consider when unexplained respiratory failure occurs following drainage of pleural effusion. Prompt recognition and removal of the tube led to full recovery of diaphragm function.

Keywords

Diaphragmatic paralysisphrenic nerve palsychest tubepleural drainagereversible
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , October 2015 , pp. 1382 - 1384
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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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