• Anaesth Intensive Care · Oct 2003

    Case Reports

    Orthodeoxia--an uncommon presentation following bilateral thoracic sympathectomy.

    • P V van Heerden, P D Cameron, A Karanovic, and M A Goodman.
    • Departments of Intensive Care and Vascular Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Pharmacology Unit, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
    • Anaesth Intensive Care. 2003 Oct 1; 31 (5): 581-3.

    AbstractWe present a case of orthodeoxia (postural hypoxaemia) which resulted from a combination of lung collapse/consolidation and blunted hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction due to partial interruption of the sympathetic nerve supply to the lung by bilateral thoracic sympathectomy.

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