Alterations in arterial blood parameters in patients with liver cirrhosis and ascites

International Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 94-97

  Charalabopoulos, Konstantinos ^a,b   Peschos, Dimitrios ^a   Zoganas, Leonidas ^b   Bablekos, George ^b   Golias, Christos ^a   Charalabopoulos, Alexander ^a   Stagikas, Dimitrios ^a   Karakosta, Angi ^a   Papathanasopoulos, Antonios ^c   Karachalios, George ^b   Batistatou, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c Tzanion State Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acid base disturbances; Ascites; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Liver cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL BLOOD; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; METABOLIC ALKALOSIS; OXYGEN SATURATION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 33947255471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14491907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4.94     Document Type: Article

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