The diagnosis of HPS depends on establishing that impaired gas exchange in a patient with liver disease is due to pulmonary vascular dilatation. In most cases, the results of arterial blood gases and ...
Patient 1, a 58-year-old man, received eight cycles of intravenous bortezomib followed by combination bortezomib and lenalidomide, and he had only a partial response. He underwent autologous stem-cell ...
The characteristics of hepatopulmonary syndrome include an oxygen saturation < 80%, an increased alveolar-arterial gradient (> 15 mm Hg) while breathing room air, portal hypertension with or without ...
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in neonates (1,2). Meconium aspiration syndrome is the single most common cause of PPHN in ...