Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome After Complicated Cholecystectomy: An Unsuspected Diagnosis
A 65-year-old woman with no significant prior medical history presented, in the postoperative course of a complicated cholecystectomy, several episodes of arterial desaturation. Pulmonary embolism was repeatedly suspected, but there was no evidence of pulmonary thrombus on the chest computed tomogra...
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| Language: | English |
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Ordem dos Médicos
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Acta Médica Portuguesa |
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| Online Access: | http://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/8700 |