ArticleBMJ case reports2021
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome in COVID-19.
Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Sudden-Onset Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in a Patient with Lung Adenocarcinoma and COVID-19 Without a Patent Foramen Ovale.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2025Article
- Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pneumonia: A Case Report and Literature Review.International medical case reports journal · 2023Article
- A study on the morbid histopathological changes in COVID-19 patients with or without comorbidities using minimally invasive tissue sampling.Journal of medical virology · 2023Article
- Patent Foramen Ovale and Ascending Aortic Dilatation Causing Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome.Cureus · 2022Article
- Platypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome: An Important Cause of Morbidity in Post Coronavirus Disease Patients.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Platypnoea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in COVID-19.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2021Article
- Platypnea-Orthodeoxia and Patent Foramen Ovale in a Patient in the Setting of COVID-19.Texas Heart Institute journalArticle
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Abstract
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare entity characterised by respiratory distress and/or hypoxia developing in the sitting/upright posture, which is relieved in the supine posture. It is caused by cardiac, pulmonary and non-cardiopulmonary diseases. COVID-19 can have varying respiratory manifestations including acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sequelae-like pulmonary fibrosis. POS has been rarely reported in patients with COVID-19. Here we report a case of POS in a patient recovering from severe COVID-19 ARDS. As he was gradually mobilised after his improvement, he had worsening dyspnoea in the sitting position with significant relief on assuming a supine posture. He was diagnosed with POS after ruling out other causes of POS. He was treated with oxygen support in upright posture and chest physiotherapy was continued, to which he showed improvement. POS is a rare manifestation of COVID-19 which needs awareness as it can be diagnosed easily and can respond to continued supportive care.
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