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- Platypnea or platypnoea is shortness of breath (dyspnea) that is relieved when lying down, and worsens when sitting or standing upright. It is the opposite...
- Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare medical condition in which a person has shortness of breath and low oxygen saturations when upright (platypnea...
- Dyspnea and hypoxemia are worse in the upright position (which is called platypnea and orthodeoxia, respectively). The hepatopulmonary syndrome results from...
- abdominal obesity or pulmonary disease. Orthopnea is the opposite of platypnea, shortness of breath that worsens when sitting or standing upright. Orthopnea...
- lying down), trepopnea (shortness of breath while lying on one side), and platypnea (shortness of breath relieved by lying down and worsened when upright)...
- /ɔːrˈθɒpniə/ or-THOP-nee-ə,: audio  /ɔːrθəpˈniːə/ or-thəp-NEE-ə: print  supine platypnea platy- + -pnea /pləˈtɪpniə/ plə-TIP-nee-ə bent over bendopnea bend + -o-...
- Cheyne-Stokes respiration Dyspnea Hyperpnea Hypopnea Kussmaul breathing Orthopnea Platypnea Tachypnea Subparabrachial nucleus - nucleus in the brain stem that regulates...
- instead of the healthy lung. Orthopnea Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnoea Platypnea Bendopnea Tsunezuka, Yoshio; Sato, Hideo; Tsukioka, Toshihide; Shimizu...
- Breathlessness in lying down position relieved by sitting up or standing PlatypneaBreathlessness when seated or standing, relieved by lying flat Trepopnea...
- Ataxic respiration Other Respiratory distress Respiratory arrest Orthopnea/Platypnea Trepopnea Aerophagia Asphyxia Breath holding Mouth breathing Snoring...