Hepatopulmonary syndrome and liver transplantation: A review of the peroperative management of seven paediatric cases

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-64

  Van Obbergh, L J ^a   Carlier, M ^a   De Kock, M ^a   Otte, J B ^a   Moulin, D ^a   Veyckemans, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Hypoxaemia; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OXYGEN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY WEDGE PRESSURE;

EID: 0031891145     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.1998.00720.x     Document Type: Article

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