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CASE REPORT
Platypnea orthodeoxia: a ‘laid-back’ case of dyspnoea
Summary
A man with end-stage liver disease who presented with shortness of breath. He exhibited clinical platypnea (worsening shortness of breath on sitting up) and orthodeoxia (oxygen desaturation on sitting up). Follow-up investigations led to the diagnosis of hepatopulmonary syndrome.