Falls and Delirium: Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome

Alain Putot (1) , Caroline Laborde (1) , Marie Fichot (2) , Philippe Brunel (3) , Martha Deïdda (1) , Hélène Guepet (1) , Patrick Manckoundia (4, 1)

1 Service de médecine gériatrique (CHU de Dijon - Centre gériatrique de Champmaillot - EHPAD)
2 Service de Cardiologie [CHU de Dijon]
3 Service de Cardiologie [Hôpital privé Dijon Bourgogne]
4 CAPS - Cognition, Action, et Plasticité Sensorimotrice [Dijon - U1093]

An 85-year-old woman's inability to remain standing was ultimately connected to an undiagnosed congenital defect. The patient was admitted to the geriatric unit of a university hospital for new frequent falls and subacute delirium, both of which began 1 month before presentation. Her medical history included ischemic stroke 10 years earlier, mild neurocognitive impairment, and Von Recklinghausen neurofibromatosis with isolated skin involvement.

Domaines: Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Médecine humaine et pathologie; Gériatrie et gérontologie; Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Médecine humaine et pathologie; Cardiologie et système cardiovasculaire; Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]; Neurosciences [q-bio.NC]

Alain Putot, Caroline Laborde, Marie Fichot, Philippe Brunel, Martha Deïdda, et al.. Falls and Delirium: Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome. The American Journal of Medicine, 2018, 131 (3), pp.250 - 252. ⟨10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.11.003⟩. ⟨hal-01710776⟩