Hepatopulmonary syndrome information

In medicine, hepatopulmonary syndrome is a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood of the arteries) caused by vasodilation...

ulcerative colitis Cirrhosis, especially in primary biliary cholangitis Hepatopulmonary syndrome, a complication of cirrhosis Others: Graves' disease (autoimmune...

Hemolytic-uremic syndrome Hennekam syndrome Hepatopulmonary syndrome Hepatorenal syndrome Hereditary breast–ovarian cancer syndrome Hereditary hyperbilirubinemia...

platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. The syndrome is considered extremely rare however. Platypnea is usually due to either hepatopulmonary syndrome or an anatomical...

Trotter JF, Shah V, et al. (July 2010). "Genetic risk factors for hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients with advanced liver disease". Gastroenterology. 139...

esophagogastric varix bleeding, hypersplenism, hepatorenal syndrome, and hepatopulmonary syndrome.[citation needed] In an Egyptian study, abnormally high...

Synthetic dysfunction Hypoalbuminaemia Coagulopathy Hepatopulmonary syndrome Hepatorenal syndrome Encephalopathy Hepatocellular carcinoma The list of...

(November 2005). "Liver transplantation in high-risk patients: hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension". Transplantation Proceedings....

albumin (MAA) scan is performed to evaluate hepatopulmonary shunting (resulting from hepatopulmonary syndrome). Therapeutic radioactive particles travelling...

Knowles JA, Zacks S, Fallon MB (Jul 2010). "Genetic risk factors for hepatopulmonary syndrome in patients with advanced liver disease". Gastroenterology. 139...

I, Dincer D, Besısık F, Boztas G, Sozen AB, Mungan Z, Okten A. Hepatopulmonary syndrome in noncirrhotic portal hypertensive patients. Dig Dis Sci, 48:556-60...

4-5 mCi of tc-99m macroaggregated albumin (MAA) in order to evaluate hepatopulmonary shunting, which serves as a proxy in assessing the risk of developing...