Acute onset of refractory hypoxemia: A rare hemodynamic cause of dyspnea

Acute onset of refractory hypoxemia: A rare hemodynamic cause of dyspnea

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare condition of positional dyspnea with hypoxemia that can pose a diagnostic challenge to clinicians. We report two cases of POS with different pathophysiologic triggers and similar clinical features. In our report, both patients manifested a severe hypoxe...

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Main Authors: Tommaso Valobra, Umberto Ceratti, Alessandra Cernuschi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Subjects:
Dyspnea
echocardiogram
forame ovale
hypoxemia
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