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The Curious Clinicians

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What Is Bendopnea?

The first question here is, is bendopnea a word that I made up? And I am going to argue that the answer is no. It does actually have a formal definition: Shortness of breath in the first 30 seconds while someone is bending forward. So it was first described in patients who are short of breath with tying their shoes and then go on a several mile walk.

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