Symptoms and clinical signs in 60 patients with diaphragm paralysis at presentation
| Patients n | |
| Dyspnoea on exertion | 28 |
| Orthopnoea | 32 |
| Paradoxical abdominal motion | 10 |
| Difficulty in weaning from ventilation | 10 |
| Morning headaches | 9 |
| Daytime somnolence | 9 |
| Immersion dyspnoea | 3 |
| Post-operative nocturnal desaturation | 3 |
| Sleep disturbance | 3 |