PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Millar, Ronald A.
AU  - Walker, Sheryl
AU  - Lavery, Ian
TI  - Epidural block for hemicolectomy in a patient with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis
DP  - 1987 Jan 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 39--41
VI  - 54
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/1/39.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/54/1/39.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1987 Jan 01; 54
AB  - A patient with respiratory function embarrassed by bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis after cardiac surgery was anesthetized for colectomy with a combined epidural-general technique using controlled ventilation. Spontaneous respiration resumed quickly after surgery, acceptable levels of blood gases were maintained postoperatively, and the overall perioperative course was uneventful.