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Postoperative psychogenic respiratory distress mimicking laryngospasm

Author(s) -

Udesh Supun Perera

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

sri lankan journal of anaesthesiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.145

H-Index - 4

eISSN - 2279-1965

pISSN - 1391-8834

DOI - 10.4038/slja.v25i2.8210

Subject(s) - medicine , laryngospasm , scopus , sri lanka , audit , respiratory distress , psychogenic disease , medline , anesthesia , tanzania , psychiatry , management , airway , environmental science , environmental planning , political science , law , economics

Postoperative respiratory distress with stridor may be due to psychogenic aetiology. Suspicion of psychogenic respiratory distress in a patient not responding to conventional treatment for laryngospasm and recognition of psychogenic aetiology can prevent unnecessary invasive investigations and interventions.

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