Hepatopulmonory syndrome--an uncommon and severe complication of certain liver diseases.

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dc.contributor.authorSarkar, Pen_US
dc.contributor.authorBasu, A Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorMandal, S Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorBasu, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Ren_US
dc.contributor.authorPal, S Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorBandopadhyay, Den_US
dc.contributor.authorChakraborty, Nen_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-09-24en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-31T15:27:05Z
dc.date.available2005-09-24en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-31T15:27:05Z
dc.date.issued2005-09-24en_US
dc.description.abstractHepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is charaterised by arterial hypoxaemia found mainly in association with chronic liver disease (most commonly cirrhosis of liver) but also rarely with acute liver diseases like fulminant hepatic failure or Budd-Chiari syndrome. The purpose of this article is to present an uncommon but grave complication mostly associated with cirrhosis of liver and to differentiate this entry from cyanotic heart diseases or certain lung conditions. Investigations include history and physical examination, certain biochemical tests, upper gastro-intestinal (GI) endoscopy, abdominal ultrasonography, liver biopsy and venacavography in appropriate cases. Finally, the suspected cases underwent arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis and contrast enhanced echocardiography (CEE) for confirmation of the diagnosis of HPS. Of the 123 cases of cirrhosis of liver, three cases of HPS (2.4%) were found-all of them being males. Also one male patient with inferior vena cava (IVC) obstruction amongst other causes presenting with HPS was encountered. As of now, no medical treatment has been proved to be useful and liver transplant remains the only hope for this disorder.en_US
dc.description.affiliationDepartment of Medicine, Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata.en_US
dc.identifier.citationSarkar P, Basu AK, Mandal SK, Basu D, Banerjee R, Pal SK, Bandopadhyay D, Chakraborty N. Hepatopulmonory syndrome--an uncommon and severe complication of certain liver diseases. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 2005 Sep; 103(9): 469-70, 472en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/103513
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.jimaonline.org.in/en_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshChilden_US
dc.subject.meshChronic Diseaseen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshHepatopulmonary Syndrome --diagnosisen_US
dc.subject.meshHospitals, Universityen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIndiaen_US
dc.subject.meshLiver Cirrhosis --complicationsen_US
dc.subject.meshLiver Transplantationen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshPrognosisen_US
dc.titleHepatopulmonory syndrome--an uncommon and severe complication of certain liver diseases.en_US
dc.typeCase Reportsen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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