Should we screen for hepatopulmonary syndrome in liver transplant candidates?

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 183-184

  Swanson, Karen L ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTERIAL GAS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEART DISEASE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MORTALITY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULSE OXIMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MASS SCREENING;

EID: 33847672638     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.20998     Document Type: Editorial

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