Platypnea orthodeoxia: a 'laid-back' case of dyspnoea.
A man with end-stage liver disease who presented with shortness of breath. He exhibited clinical platypnea (worsening shortness of breath on sitting up) and orthodeoxia (oxygen desaturation on sitting up). Follow-up investigations led to the diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome.
Department of Internal Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, USA. omairy2j@gmail.com
Omair M
OM
Ali
Ajay
A
Agarwal
Salma
S
Akram
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D058625:End Stage Liver Disease / Q000150:complications; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D020065:Hepatopulmonary Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology
D010100:Oxygen