Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS), the occurrence of dyspnea and arterial desaturation on changing from supine to sitting position, is a very rare phenomenon. Most case reports have been in association with an intra-atrial communication, and observation of this unusual physiological abnormality i...

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Main Authors: R Swapna, Rahul Roshan, Sunil K Chhabra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2017;volume=34;issue=4;spage=372;epage=375;aulast=Swapna

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