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Vol. 47. Issue 2.
Pages 120-121 (February 2023)
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Vol. 47. Issue 2.
Pages 120-121 (February 2023)
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Diagnosis of diaphragmatic paralysis by ultrasound after cardiac surgery
Diagnóstico de parálisis diafragmática tras cirugía cardiaca mediante ecografía pulmonar
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A. Santos Perala,
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, A. Gómez Carranzaa, R. Vicho Pereirab
a Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Hospital General Universitario de Ciudad Real, Ciudad Real, Spain
b Servicio de Medicina Intensiva, Clínica Rotger Quirónsalud - Hospital Mallorca, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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This is the case of a 55-year-old patient admitted to the ICU after cardiac surgery to repair an ostium secundum-type interatrial communication and anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. After uneventful extubation is performed, the patient remains with hypoxemia and no alterations on the thoracic x-ray. The pulmonary ultrasound performed confirms the presence of a reduced right diaphragmatic movement compared to the left one (Video 1). Diaphragmatic excursion is measured with presence of a 16 mm reduced right excursion compared to a 60 mm left excursion (Fig. 1). These findings are consistent with right diaphragmatic paralysis associated with a probable lesion of the ipsilateral phrenic nerve during surgery. Conservative therapy with incentive spirometers is used. The patient progressed favorably until hospital discharge with persistent diaphragmatic dysfunction on the ultrasound.

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