Resolution of hepatopulmonary syndrome after ligation of a portosystemic shunt in a pediatric patient with an Abernethy malformation

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Morikawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Honna, Toshiro ^a   Kuroda, Tatsuo ^a   Kitano, Yoshihiro ^a   Fuchimoto, Yasushi ^a   Kawashima, Noriko ^a   Kawasaki, Kazuteru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abernethy malformation; Endothelin 1; Endotoxin; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Portosystemic shunt

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BILE ACID; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; WATER;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; CONGENITAL PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; CYANOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HEPATOMEGALY; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; LABORATORY TEST; LIGATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL VEIN BLOOD PRESSURE; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENOMEGALY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENDOTHELIN-1; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; LIGATION; MALE; PORTAL SYSTEM; PORTAL VEIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 38949183686     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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