Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine, Federal University of Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Acta Biomed. 2020 Dec 11;91(4):e2020139. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i4.10881.
A new cause of POS hás been recently described: SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia. Important aspects regarding the case are presented and clarifications requested from the authors. Dr Howard B. Burchell described platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) in 1949. Burchell´s contributions to Medicine are briefly presented as well as his career.
一种新的 POS 病因最近被描述出来:SARS-CoV-2 肺炎。本文介绍了该病例的重要方面,并向作者提出了澄清请求。Howard B. Burchell 博士于 1949 年描述了反常性低氧血症-直立性呼吸困难(POS)。本文简要介绍了 Burchell 博士对医学的贡献及其职业生涯。