Electrical Impedance Tomography Visualizes Impaired Ventilation Due to Hemidiaphragmatic Paresis after Interscalene Brachial Plexus Block

Anesthesiology. 2016 Oct;125(4):807. doi: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001168.

Authors

Martin Wiegel¹, Sören Hammermüller, Hermann Wrigge, Andreas W Reske

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, ACQUA Clinic, Leipzig, Germany (M.W.); Swisstom AG, Landquart, Switzerland (S.H.); and the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany (S.H., H.W., A.W.R.).

PMID: 27224639
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0000000000001168

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Brachial Plexus Block / adverse effects*
Diaphragm / diagnostic imaging*
Diaphragm / physiopathology*
Electric Impedance*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Paresis / chemically induced*
Paresis / diagnostic imaging
Paresis / physiopathology
Respiratory Insufficiency / chemically induced*
Respiratory Insufficiency / diagnostic imaging
Respiratory Insufficiency / physiopathology*
Tomography