Post cardiac surgery diaphragmatic spasm successfully treated with gabapentin

Post cardiac surgery diaphragmatic spasm successfully treated with gabapentin

We describe the case of an 82 year old woman developing severe respiratory functional impairment after open heart surgery and subsequent surgical pericardial drainage inducing diaphragmatic spasm and successfully treated with gabapentin.

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of cardiology 2006, Vol.109 (2), p.282-283
Hauptverfasser: Spoladore, Roberto, Garroni, Dina, Fragasso, Gabriele, Palloshi, Altin, Amadio, Stefano, Montano, Chiara, Corti, Angelo, Margonato, Alberto
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:We describe the case of an 82 year old woman developing severe respiratory functional impairment after open heart surgery and subsequent surgical pericardial drainage inducing diaphragmatic spasm and successfully treated with gabapentin.
ISSN:0167-5273