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Can I read Prolonged Muscle Weakness Following Emergency Tonsillectomy in a Patient with Familial Periodic Paralysis and Infectious Mononucleosis on EtoBox?
Prolonged Muscle Weakness Following Emergency Tonsillectomy in a Patient with Familial Periodic Paralysis and Infectious Mononucleosis by H.E. BUNTING; R.W. ALLEN is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Prolonged Muscle Weakness Following Emergency Tonsillectomy in a Patient with Familial Periodic Paralysis and Infectious Mononucleosis about?
A thirteen‐year‐old girl with normokalaemic familial periodic paralysis (FPP) suffered life threatening upper airway obstruction secondary to tonsillopharyngitis resulting from infectious mononucleosis (IM). Emergency tonsillectomy was performed, but her postoperative course was complicated by persistent muscle weakness requiring a very prolonged period of artificial ventilation.
Who reads Prolonged Muscle Weakness Following Emergency Tonsillectomy in a Patient with Familial Periodic Paralysis and Infectious Mononucleosis?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- H.E. BUNTING; R.W. ALLEN
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1155-5645)
- Published
- 1997
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)