Methods for the study of cartilaginous airways represent technically very laborious and time-consuming procedures, many of these with the inevitable disruption or elimination of the distal bronchi and ...
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome: Update on Recent Advances in Pathophysiology, Investigation, and Treatment
The diagnosis of HPS depends on establishing that impaired gas exchange in a patient with liver disease is due to pulmonary vascular dilatation. In most cases, the results of arterial blood gases and ...
Did Changes in Drug Reimbursement After the Medicare Modernization Act Affect Chemotherapy Prescribing? Tumor specimens from patients with known independent primary tumors and metastatic lesions were ...
Previously in the Journal, we reported on a 4-year-old boy with the hepatopulmonary syndrome, a condition characterized by intrapulmonary shunting due to dilatation of pulmonary vessels in the setting ...
The characteristics of hepatopulmonary syndrome include an oxygen saturation < 80%, an increased alveolar-arterial gradient (> 15 mm Hg) while breathing room air, portal hypertension with or without ...
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