LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS IN ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS POISONING

Authors
INDUDHARAN R WIN MN NOOR AR
Citation
R. Indudharan et al., LARYNGEAL PARALYSIS IN ORGANOPHOSPHOROUS POISONING, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 112(1), 1998, pp. 81-82
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
112
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
81 - 82
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1998)112:1<81:LPIOP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Organophosphorous poisoning causing isolated laryngeal paralysis has o nly been rarely reported before. We describe a case of difficult extub ation in a patient with organophosphorous poisoning, the cause of whic h was found to be bilateral vocal fold palsy. This is a type of interm ediate paralysis that recovers with time. Such a condition should be t hought of as a cause of dyspnoea or difficult extubation in patients w ith organophosphorous poisoning.