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. 2022 Mar;26(3):401-402.
doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24126.

Platypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome: An Important Cause of Morbidity in Post Coronavirus Disease Patients

Divendu Bhushan  1 , Vijay Kumar  1 , B Hilbert Sahoo  1 , Aniketh Hegde  1
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Platypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome: An Important Cause of Morbidity in Post Coronavirus Disease Patients

Divendu Bhushan et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Mar.

Abstract

Platypnea-orthdeoxia syndrome (POS) is a clinical scenario where patient get breathless while sitting or standing. Its important causes are cardiac shunts, hepatopulmonary syndrome and pulmonary ventilation perfusion mismatch. During this pandemic as cases of pulmonary fibrosis increased, we find POS as one of the important cause of morbidity during recovery. Early recognition of this will decrease the morbidity and unrealistic expectation of fast recovery.

How to cite this article: Bhushan D, Kumar V, Sahoo BH, Hegde A. Platypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome: An Important Cause of Morbidity in Post Coronavirus Disease Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(3):401-402.

Keywords: Happy hypoxia; Platypnea; Pulmonary fibrosis.

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Patchy areas of consolidation with air bronchogram, tractional bronchiectasis with linear opacities in bilateral lung field
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