Two Cases of Platypnoea-Orthodexia
  • Laura Virginia Gonzalez
    Acute Medical Unit, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
  • Andrew Whitehead
    Acute Medical Unit, Great Western Hospital, Swindon

Keywords

Platypnoea-orthodexia, hypoxia, shunt

Abstract

Platypnoea-orthodexia syndrome is a rare cause of dyspnoea when hypoxaemia is induced by the upright position and relieved by recumbency. We report two cases in which platypnoea-orthodexia syndrome was present and caused by two different mechanisms: intracardiac shunt and intrapulmonary shunt.

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    Published: 2017-10-16
    Issue: Vol. 4 No. 10 (view)

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    Gonzalez LV, Whitehead A. Two Cases of Platypnoea-Orthodexia. EJCRIM 2017;4 doi:10.12890/2017_000738.

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