Open AccessPlatypnea-orthodeoxia Syndrome: An Important Cause of Morbidity in Post Coronavirus Disease Patients
Author(s) -
Vijay Kumar,
Divendu Bhushan,
Bandya Sahoo,
Aniketh Hegde
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24126
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatopulmonary syndrome , disease , covid-19 , intensive care medicine , cardiology , pandemic , infectious disease (medical specialty) , cirrhosis , portal hypertension
Platypnea-orthdeoxia syndrome (POS) is a clinical scenario where patient get breathless while sitting or standing. Its important causes are cardiac shunts, hepatopulmonary syndrome and pulmonary ventilation perfusion mismatch. During this pandemic as cases of pulmonary fibrosis increased, we find POS as one of the important cause of morbidity during recovery. Early recognition of this will decrease the morbidity and unrealistic expectation of fast recovery.