PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Emma Keelan
AU  - Joseph Kidney
AU  - Eoin P Judge
TI  - An unusual case of orthopnea
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-3-245
DP  - 2017 Jun 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 245--247
VI  - 17
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/3/245.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/3/245.full
SO  - Clin Med2017 Jun 01; 17
AB  - Bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis is a known cause of respiratory failure. Diagnosis can be difficult, particularly in the acute setting. We present the case of a gentleman diagnosed with bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis secondary to phrenic neuropathy in the setting of cervical spondylosis.