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Hepatopulmonary syndrome primary prevention
Introduction
Overview
Overview
There are no established measures for the primary prevention of hepatopulmonary syndrome. Development of hepatopulmonary syndrome neither related to the severity nor to the etiology of liver disease. Although most of the cases develop in chronic liver disease particularly cirrhosis, it could develop in acute liver disease as well.
Primary Prevention
Primary Prevention
- There are no established measures for the primary prevention of hepatopulmonary syndrome.
- Development of hepatopulmonary syndrome neither related to the severity nor to the etiology of liver disease.
- Although most of the cases develop in chronic liver disease particularly cirrhosis, it could develop in acute liver disease as well.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
References
- ↑ Rodríguez-Roisin R, Krowka MJ (2008) Hepatopulmonary syndrome–a liver-induced lung vascular disorder. N Engl J Med 358 (22):2378-87. DOI:10.1056/NEJMra0707185 PMID: 18509123
- ↑ Fallon MB, Abrams GA (2000) Pulmonary dysfunction in chronic liver disease. Hepatology 32 (4 Pt 1):859-65. DOI:10.1053/jhep.2000.7519 PMID: 11003635
- ↑ Krowka MJ, Mandell MS, Ramsay MA, Kawut SM, Fallon MB, Manzarbeitia C et al. (2004) Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: a report of the multicenter liver transplant database. Liver Transpl 10 (2):174-82. DOI:10.1002/lt.20016 PMID: 14762853
- ↑ Kennedy TC, Knudson RJ (1977) Exercise-aggravated hypoxemia and orthodeoxia in cirrhosis. Chest 72 (3):305-9. DOI:10.1378/chest.72.3.305 PMID: 891282
- ↑ Krowka MJ, Fallon MB, Kawut SM, Fuhrmann V, Heimbach JK, Ramsay MA et al. (2016) International Liver Transplant Society Practice Guidelines: Diagnosis and Management of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome and Portopulmonary Hypertension. Transplantation 100 (7):1440-52. DOI:10.1097/TP.0000000000001229 PMID: 27326810
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