DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL

  

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DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL

Specialty Definition: DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL

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Health

A disorder characterized by episodes of respiratory distress, usually occurring after several hours of sleep in a reclining position. It is most commonly caused by pulmonary edema resulting from congestive heart failure. The episodes may be accompanied by coughing, a feeling of suffocation, a cold sweat, and tachycardia. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 59 53 50 4E 45 41 2C      50 41 52 4F 58 59 53 4D 41 4C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01011001 01010011 01010000 01001110 01000101 01000001 00101100 00100000 01010000 01000001 01010010 01001111 01011000 01011001 01010011 01001101 01000001 01001100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#89 &#83 &#80 &#78 &#69 &#65 &#44 &#32 &#80 &#65 &#82 &#79 &#88 &#89 &#83 &#77 &#65 &#76

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0059 0053 0050 004E 0045 0041 002C      0050 0041 0052 004F 0058 0059 0053 004D 0041 004C

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3859535048393514250355249585953473546

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