Citation

Tomar GS, Kumar N, Saxena A, Goyal K. BMJ Case Rep. 2015; 2015(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Department of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care, JPNA Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bcr-2015-212292

PMID

26581704

Abstract

Bilateral recurrent nerve palsy along with head injury is a rare clinical possibility and can be potentially fatal if not properly diagnosed. We report a case of a head injury patient with intact Glasgow Coma Scale requiring immediate re-intubation and tracheostomy after extubation failure as a result of stridor and severe dyspnoea with paradoxical respiratory pattern, possibly because of undiagnosed significant surgical history.

Language: en