Body position and oxygenation: An intriguing relationship

Dyspnea and hypoxemia are among the most common symptoms and signs that need to be assessed in clinical practice.This case illustrates how simple steps in history taking and physical examination can be crucial for diagnosis.We present a patient with intermittent hypoxemia, initially attributed to a...

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Main Authors: Patrícia Rodrigues, Marta Monteiro, Paulo Palma, Luís Sousa-Pereira, Sofia Cabral, Filomena Oliveira, Vasco Dias, Severo Torres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2174204914001512