DOI: 10.12890/2017_000738

Two Cases of Platypnoea-Orthodexia

Authors

  • Laura Virginia Gonzalez Acute Medical Unit, Great Western Hospital, Swindon
  • Andrew Whitehead Acute Medical Unit, Great Western Hospital, Swindon

lauravgonzalez@googlemail.com

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 (2017)

How to Cite

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Gonzalez LV, Whitehead A. Two Cases of Platypnoea-Orthodexia. EJCRIM [Internet]. 2017 Oct. 16 [cited 2026 Nov. 3];4(10). Available from: https://ejcrim.com/index.php/ejcrim/article/view/738

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