Gas exchange abnormalities in patients listed for liver transplantation

Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2006, Pages 313-323

  Przybylowski T ^a,b   Krenke, R ^a   Fangrat, A ^a   Nasilowski, J ^a   Grabczak, E M ^a   Styczynski, G ^a   Pruszczyk, P ^a   Krawczyk, M ^a   Chazan, R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Department of Internal Diseases Pneumology and Allergology ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Chronic liver disease; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Hypoxemia; Liver transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS;

EID: 33750398043     PISSN: 08675910     EISSN: 08675910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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