Sarfaraz Memon, MD

Case Report

A Rare Case of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome, Masquerading as Acute Respiratory Failure

01/05/2022

Talhat Azemi , MD;

Immad Sadiq , MD;

Muhammad Umair Bakhsh , MD;

Sarfaraz Memon , MD;

Faraz Kazmi , MD;

Platypnea-orthodexia syndrome (POS) is an uncommon condition of positional dyspnea and hypoxia which improves with recumbency. Hypoxia in POS is secondary to mixing of deoxygenated venous blood with the oxygenated arterial blood via a shunt.

Platypnea-orthodexia syndrome...

01/05/2022

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