Empirical pyridostigmine in a patient with difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation after traumatic brain injury

Empirical pyridostigmine in a patient with difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation after traumatic brain injury

We present a 30-year-old male who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury and then was intubated due to deterioration of consciousness. A head CT scan revealed mild brain oedema, a fractured nasal bone and mild left thoracic wall haematoma. Despite complete clinical and radiological normalisation wi...

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Main Authors: Tariq Siddiqui, Gustav Strandvik, Ayman El-Menyar, Sandro Rizoli, Hassan Al-Thani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMC MEDIA SRL 2024-03-01
Series:European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Subjects:
traumatic brain injury
myasthenia gravis
empirical pyridostigmine
mechanical ventilation
Online Access:https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/4363

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