Diseases

Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome

Orthostatic dyspnea and fall of oxygen blood saturation when standing up which regress by assuming lying position.

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Abstract

Orthostatic dyspnea and fall of oxygen blood saturation when standing up which regress by assuming lying position.

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14 entry terms
  • POS Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome
  • POS Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome
  • Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome
  • Orthodeoxia Syndrome, Platypnea
  • Orthodeoxia Syndromes, Platypnea
  • POS Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndromes
  • Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndromes
  • Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome, POS
  • Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndromes
  • Syndrome, POS Platypnea-Orthodeoxia
  • Syndrome, Platypnea Orthodeoxia
  • Syndrome, Platypnea-Orthodeoxia
  • Orthodeoxia
  • Orthodeoxias

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2023

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Previous Indexing

  • Dyspnea (1992-2022)
  • Hypoxia (1992-2022)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000092129. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000092129
  2. Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypnea-orthodeoxia_syndrome
  3. Platypnea Orthodeoxia Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30753528