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BILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLI PRESENTING AS PLATYPNEA-ORTHODEOXIA

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Title: BILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLI PRESENTING AS PLATYPNEA-ORTHODEOXIA

Authors: Kashif B Khokhar, Fareeha Aslam, Jonathan Tisch

Journal: The Pakistan Heart Journal (PHJ)

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Publisher: Pakistan Cardiac Society

Country: Pakistan

Year: 2014

Volume: 47

Issue: 3

Language: English

Keywords: Platypnea-OrthodeoxiaPulmonary Emboli

Categories
Emergency Medicine (4460) Pulmonology (4511) Rare Disease Studies (9) Internal Medicine (19275) Cardiology (10889)

Abstract

We are reporting a case of 78 yrs old female presented with platypneaorthodeoxia,likely caused by bilateral proximal pulmonary emboli. Despiteappropriate treatment, she died of respiratory arrest. It is uncommon to haveclinical evaluation of platypnea and appropriate documentation of orthodeoxia.Platypnea-orthodeoxia can be a rare but presenting feature of massivepulmonary emboli. Clinicians should have a high index of suspicion, in at riskindividuals with refractory hypoxia, prompt evaluation of which may lead toimprove outcome.

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