Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in a 6-Year-Old Child

The purpose of this report was to evaluate exhaled nitric oxide levels in a 6-year-old boy affected by hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS is usually a triad of liver disease, arterial hypoxemia, and intrapulmonary vascular dialation that causes right-to-left shunting of blood flow.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Pediatrics (Evanston) 1999-08, Vol.104 (2), p.299-301
Hauptverfasser:	Azzolin, Nicoletta, Baraldi, Eugenio, Carra', Sabina, Guariso, Graziella, Zucchetta, Pietro, Zancan, Lucia
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Blood vessels Breath Tests Case studies Child Complications and side effects Effects Fatal Outcome Gases Gastroenterology. Liver. Pancreas. Abdomen Heart Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - metabolism Humans Liver Liver cirrhosis Liver. Biliary tract. Portal circulation. Exocrine pancreas Lung diseases Male Measurement Medical sciences Nitric oxide Nitric Oxide - metabolism Other diseases. Semiology Pediatrics Physiological aspects Respiration Respiratory Function Tests
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Zusammenfassung:	The purpose of this report was to evaluate exhaled nitric oxide levels in a 6-year-old boy affected by hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS). HPS is usually a triad of liver disease, arterial hypoxemia, and intrapulmonary vascular dialation that causes right-to-left shunting of blood flow.
ISSN:	0031-4005 1098-4275
DOI:	10.1542/peds.104.2.299