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Reversible platypnea‐orthodeoxia syndrome induced by rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia in a...

Reversible platypnea‐orthodeoxia syndrome induced by rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia in a...

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Reversible platypnea‐orthodeoxia syndrome induced by rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia in a patient with polymyositis

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Full title

Reversible platypnea‐orthodeoxia syndrome induced by rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia in a patient with polymyositis

Publisher

United States: BlackWell Publishing Ltd

Journal title

Respirology case reports, 2014-09, Vol.2 (3), p.91-94

Language

English

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Publisher

United States: BlackWell Publishing Ltd

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Contents

We report a case of platypnea‐orthodeoxia that developed in a 64‐year‐old Japanese woman during an episode of rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia with polymyositis. Pulmonary infiltrates were predominant in the bilateral lower lobes. The patient was treated successfully with early administration of immunosuppressive therapies and polymyxin B...

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Full title

Reversible platypnea‐orthodeoxia syndrome induced by rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia in a patient with polymyositis

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4184736

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4184736

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ISSN

2051-3380

E-ISSN

2051-3380

DOI

10.1002/rcr2.59

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