Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome occurring after a blunt chest trauma with acute tricuspid regurgitation [4]

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 890-891

  Hsu, Pai Feng ^a   Leu, Hsing Bang ^a   Lu, Tse Min ^a   Yu, Wen Chung ^a   Hsu, Tsui Lieh ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LETTER; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANOXEMIA; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; SYNDROME; THORACIC INJURIES; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 10044232920     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.09.010     Document Type: Letter

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