Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare cause of hypoxaemia per or postsurgery. This one is characterized by right-to-left intracardiac shunting responsible of postural hypoxemia in orthostatic position, which is improved by supine position. We described the first case of a platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome occurred during laparoscopic surgery.
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