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Platypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome in a Patient with Cryptogenic Liver Cirrhosis: An Elusive Cause of Hypoxemia

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) has been defined as shortness of breath and hypoxemia in the upright position that improves with dorsal decubitus. This is a rare disorder caused by right-to-left shunts due to a persistent foramen ovale or pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. Hepatopulmonary s...

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Publicado en:Cureus
Main Authors: Rojas, Edward, Aktas, Adem, Parikh, Hardik, Khawaja, Umar S, Pergament, Kathleen
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Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6411323/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30891386
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3846
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