Successful Treatment of Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion with Sub-dissociative Dose Ketamine: Case Report.
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine May 1, 2025 Keaton T Cameron-Burr, Elizabeth Terry-Kantor, Taneshia Wilson 1 citation
Paradoxical vocal cord motion (PVCM) is a primarily neuropsychiatric condition that causes inappropriate adduction of the vocal cords during respiration. This condition is commonly misdiagnosed and treated as refractory asthma or upper airway obstruction requiring intensive care unit-level of care. Recent expert opinion suggests that ketamine administration may promote PVCM symptom resolution;...