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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
[Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome : an insightful clinical observation]
1Service de Cardiologie, CHU de Liège, Site Sart Tilman, GIGA Cardiovascular Sciences, Université de Liège, Belgique.
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient admitted to the Intensive Care Unit with dyspnea and refractory hypoxemia after surgical resection of a benign bronchogenic cyst. Etiological research approach excluded conventional postoperative hypoxemia causes. Thereafter a platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome has been diagnosed. Additional tests will demonstrate the existence of a patent foramen ovale. This diagnosis was suitable with the patient's syndrome and was eligible for percutaneous closure procedure allowing immediate resolution of symptoms and confirming the diagnosis.
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