Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block Attenuates Refractory Cough in a Patient With COVID-19 on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Awaiting Lung Transplantation

Maria Yared; Kendall W Headden; William F Barrett; Drew O Boehmer; Patrick E Britell

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2022.04.024

Superior Laryngeal Nerve Block Attenuates Refractory Cough in a Patient With COVID-19 on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Awaiting Lung Transplantation

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 Aug;36(8 Pt B):3212-3215. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.04.024. Epub 2022 Apr 22.

Authors

Maria Yared¹, Kendall W Headden², William F Barrett², Drew O Boehmer², Patrick E Britell²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC. Electronic address: yared@musc.edu.
² Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19 pneumonia; cough reflex; laryngeal nerve neuropathy; refractory cough; superior laryngeal nerve block; ventilator dyssynchrony.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / complications
Cough / etiology
Cough / therapy
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation*
Humans
Laryngeal Nerves / physiology
Lung Transplantation*