Platypnea and orthodeoxia associated with Pneumocystis jiroveci and Cytomegalovirus pneumonia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Platypnea-orthodeoxia is an uncommon syndrome characterized by dyspnea and deoxygenation accompanying a change to a sitting or standing posture from a recumbent position. It is usually related to interatrial communications, although several other disorders associated with platypnea-ort...

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Main Authors: Katsoulis, Konstantinos, Minasidis, Ilias, Vainas, Andreas, Bikas, Christoforos, Kontakiotis, Theodoros, Vakianis, Pantelis
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Case report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803842/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062748
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-9319
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