Two Cases of Arnold-Chiari Malformation with Respiratory Failure
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Rare Cause of Type 2 Respiratory Failure: Arnold Chiari Malformation.
S y r i n g o m y e l i a i . e . I m p a i r e d neuromuscular transmission is a rare cause (0.01%) of type 2 respiratory failure. Here i am discussing a case who presented with hypercapnic respiratory failure and on evolution found to be afflicted with extensive syrinx involving cervical spinal cord. A prediabetic 45 yrs old lady presented in our casualty with complaints of cough with expecto...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2284-2594
DOI: 10.12890/2014_000029