RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Positional oximetry to screen for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in HHT
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 1045
OP 1045
DO 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-205028
VO 69
IS 11
A1 Susan Carpenter
A1 Janina Josepovici
A1 Giuseppe Latino
A1 Felix Ratjen
YR 2014
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/69/11/1045.abstract
AB Orthodeoxia has been described in patients with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) and pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVM), but its usefulness in screening children for PAVMs is unknown. We show here that while oximetry is overall lower in children with significant PAVMs, supine and upright oximetry is of no additional diagnostic value indicating that positional oximetry is not a useful screening test for PAVMs.