Pulmonary dysfunction in non-cirrhotic patients with chronic viral hepatitis

Background: Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS), defined as hypoxemia and functional intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts in the presence of chronic liver disease, is a frequent complication of end-stage liver disease. The aim of this study was to determine the extent of pulmonary dysfunction and the prev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	European journal of internal medicine 2002-08, Vol.13 (5), p.311-318
Hauptverfasser:	Teuber, Gerlinde, Teupe, Claudius, Dietrich, Christoph F, Caspary, Wolfgang F, Buhl, Roland, Zeuzem, Stefan
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Chronic hepatitis Hepatopulmonary syndrome Pulmonary dysfunction
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