TY - JOUR T1 - An unusual case of orthopnea JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 245 LP - 247 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-3-245 VL - 17 IS - 3 AU - Emma Keelan AU - Joseph Kidney AU - Eoin P Judge Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/3/245.abstract N2 - 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. ER -