Frequency of hepatopulmonary syndrome in cirrhotic patients

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 278-281

  Shafiq, Muhammad ^a,b   Khan, Anvvaar A ^a   Alam, Altaf ^a   Butt, Arshad Kamal ^a   Shafqat, Farzana ^a   Malik, Kashif ^a   Amin, Joher ^a   Hassan, Waqar ^a  

^a SHAIKH ZAYED HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b QAMC ^*  (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hepatic cirrhosis; Hepatitis C; Hepatopulmonary syndrome; Intrapulmonary vascular dilatations

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUBBING FINGERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEPATITIS C; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMAGE QUALITY; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASODILATATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 48049088389     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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