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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS), the occurrence of dyspnea and arterial desaturation on changing from supine to sitting position, is a very rare phenomenon. Most case reports have been in association with an intra-atrial communication, and observation of this unusual physiological abnormality i...

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Autores principales: Swapna, R, Roshan, Rahul, Chhabra, Sunil K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5504896/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28671170
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.209236