Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Positional Respiratory Failure

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare clinical entity characterized by dyspnea and arterial desaturation in the upright position. Hypoxia in POS has been attributed to the mixing of deoxygenated venous with oxygenated arterial blood via a shunt, with patent foramen ovale being the most comm...

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Autores principales: Soares, Pedro R, Melo, Nuno, Ferrao, Diana, Sousa, Estela, Santos, Adriana, Gomes, André, Friões, Fernando
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654653
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32538

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9839979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654653
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32538

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