Open AccessBack to the drawing board-relearn the clinical skills: A root cause analysis of a missed case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis
Author(s) -
Suruchi Ambasta,
Aparajita Dey,
Lenin Babu Elakkumanan,
S. Vincent Rajkumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.187805
Subject(s) - medicine , paralysis , cord , vocal cord paralysis , surgery , asthma
Bilateral vocal cord paralysis being misdiagnosed as bronchial asthma has been reported in the literature on several occasions. Diagnosing this condition needs precise clinical acumen which could lead us to make an integrated diagnostic and treatment plan. Here, we report another missed case of bilateral vocal cord paralysis and the root cause analysis of the incident. This report emphasises the need for appropriate clinical examinations and workup during the pre-operative assessment.