{"id":24098,"date":"2018-05-13T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T12:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=24098"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:07:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T09:37:47","slug":"paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea &#8211; Cardiology MCQ &#8211; Answer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea usually occurs:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Correct answer:\u00a0<\/b><strong>c) 2 &#8211; 4 hours after onset of sleep<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nPatient wakes up with breathlessness and sits up or even stands. It is relieved over a few minutes. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea is different from orthopnea which occurs soon after assuming the supine position and is relieved by sitting up. Orthopnea has no relation to sleep. Onset of paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea is delayed after onset of sleep as it takes some time for the peripheral edema fluid to get absorbed and translocate to the lungs. Sympathetic withdrawal during sleep is also a proposed mechanism. Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea occurs in left heart failure (both in acute left ventricular failure and left ventricular inflow obstruction like mitral stenosis).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiophile.org\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq\/\"><strong>Back to question<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea usually occurs:\u00a0<br \/>\nCorrect answer:\u00a0c) 2 &#8211; 4 hours after onset of sleep<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cardiology-mcq","category-dm-dnb-cardiology-entrance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - Cardiology MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea - Cardiology MCQ - Answer - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea usually occurs:\u00a0 Correct answer:\u00a0c) 2 - 4 hours after onset of sleep\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-13T12:40:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-28T09:37:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Johnson Francis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/paroxysmal-nocturnal-dyspnea-cardiology-mcq-answer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Johnson Francis\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/johnsonfrancis.org\\\/professional\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5441d907049b914770f4bd98fb57feec\"},\"headline\":\"Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea &#8211; 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