Postoperative Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis and Platypnea–Orthodeoxia Syndrome
Micah T Long, Jeremy Grate, Kaitlyn V Bradley
Keywords :
Critical care, Echocardiography, Hypoxia, Hypoxemia right to left shunt echocardiography
Citation Information :
Long MT, Grate J, Bradley KV. Postoperative Hemidiaphragmatic Paralysis and Platypnea–Orthodeoxia Syndrome. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021; 25 (8):951-953.
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