BILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLI PRESENTING AS PLATYPNEA-ORTHODEOXIA

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dc.contributor.authorKhokhar, Kashif B
dc.contributor.authorAslam, Fareeha
dc.contributor.authorTisch, Jonathan
dc.date.accessioned2026-09-05T09:31:36Z
dc.date.issued2018-03-20
dc.description.abstractWe 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.
dc.identifier.citationPakistan Heart Journal; Vol. 47 No. 3 (2014)
dc.identifier.doi10.47144/phj.v47i3.801
dc.identifier.urihttps://pakheartjournal.com/index.php/pk/article/view/801
dc.identifier.urihttps://ds.pakheartjournal.com/handle/phj/1489
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPakistan Cardiac Society
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPakistan Heart Journal; Vol. 47 No. 3 (2014)
dc.subjectPlatypnea-Orthodeoxia
dc.subjectPulmonary Emboli
dc.titleBILATERAL PULMONARY EMBOLI PRESENTING AS PLATYPNEA-ORTHODEOXIA
dc.typeArticle

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