Mahto Subodh Kumar, Gupta Pankaj Kumar, Majumdar Pritam, War Gwenette Andrea, Mittal Vishakha, Goel Atul
Department of Medicine, PGIMER, Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Department of Medicine, Smt. Sucheta Kriplani Hospital and LHMC, New Delhi, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Feb;8(2):763-765. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_3_19.
We report a case of hypothyroidism, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with persistent daytime hypoxemia. Cause of hypoxemia was two arteriovenous (AV) malformations in the lower lobe of the lung. We must be alert to other causes of hypoxemia in patients of OSA with persistent daytime hypoxemia.
我们报告一例甲状腺功能减退症合并阻塞性睡眠呼吸暂停(OSA)且伴有持续性日间低氧血症的病例。低氧血症的原因是肺下叶的两个动静脉畸形。对于患有持续性日间低氧血症的OSA患者,我们必须警惕低氧血症的其他原因。