form of dyspnea in which the person can breathe comfortably only when standing or sitting erect; associated with asthma and emphysema and angina pectoris
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Examples of orthopnea
orthopnea
The consequences of this are shortness of breath, orthopnea and paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea.
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Increasing breathlessness on lying flat, called orthopnea, occurs.
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