When sitting suffocates: a rare cause of platypnoea–orthodeoxia syndrome

Platypnoea–orthodeoxia syndrome refers to shortness of breath and oxygen desaturation in an upright position. Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is a rare cause of the same. Herein, we report a case of bilateral lower lobe tuberculosis, causing platypnoea and orthodeoxia. https://bit.ly/3jhJEQ1

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Autores principales: Nema, Rahul, Rajanna, Chaithra, Ray, Animesh, Jadon, Ranveer Singh, Vikram, Naval K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2020
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Expert Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7910018/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0205-2020
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spelling pubmed-79100182021-03-03 When sitting suffocates: a rare cause of platypnoea–orthodeoxia syndrome Nema, Rahul Rajanna, Chaithra Ray, Animesh Jadon, Ranveer Singh Vikram, Naval K. Breathe (Sheff) Expert Opinion Platypnoea–orthodeoxia syndrome refers to shortness of breath and oxygen desaturation in an upright position. Ventilation/perfusion mismatch is a rare cause of the same. Herein, we report a case of bilateral lower lobe tuberculosis, causing platypnoea and orthodeoxia. https://bit.ly/3jhJEQ1 European Respiratory Society 2020-12 /pmc/articles/PMC7910018/ /pubmed/33664834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/20734735.0205-2020 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2021 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Breathe articles are open access and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0.
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