The systemic circulation in cirrhosis

S Møller, J Henriksen - Ascites and Renal Dysfunction in Liver …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Apart from obvious signs of portal hypertension and chronic liver dysfunction, patients with
cirrhosis often present clinically with signs of circulatory dysfunction. Among these signs are …

Hepatitis C Virus and the Lung

J Moorman, M Saad, S Kosseifi, G Krishnaswamy - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a chronic blood-borne disease that affects> 4,000,000
individuals in the United States. The majority of individuals with HVC infection acquire a …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental study on the role of endotoxin in the development of hepatopulmonary syndrome

HY Zhang, DW Han, XG Wang, YC Zhao… - World journal of …, 2005 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
METHODS: A rat model of cirrhosis was prepared with the method of compound factors. At
the end of the eighth week, rats with cirrhosis were treated with 300 μg LPS/100 g body …

Liver transplantation in high-risk patients: hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension

G Martınez-Palli, P Taura, J Balust, J Beltran… - Transplantation …, 2005 - Elsevier
Two pulmonary vascular disorders, considered mutually exclusive, may be present in
candidates for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). On the one hand, hepatopulmonary …

Hepatopulmonary syndrome

MR Arguedas, MB Fallon - Current treatment options in gastroenterology, 2005 - Springer
Opinion statement The hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is an important and often under-
recognized vascular complication of cirrhosis and portal hypertension characterized by …

Arterial hypoxemia and intrapulmonary vasodilatation in rat models of portal hypertension

Y Katsuta, XJ Zhang, M Ohsuga, T Akimoto… - Journal of …, 2005 - Springer
Background Rats with chronic bile duct ligation (CBDL) and portal vein ligation (PVL) are
used as models of portal hypertension. CBDL rats show hypoxemia with intrapulmonary …

Exercise-induced intrapulmonary shunting of venous gas emboli does not occur after open-sea diving

Z Dujic, I Palada, A Obad… - Journal of applied …, 2005 - journals.physiology.org
Paradoxical arterializations of venous gas emboli can lead to neurological damage after
diving with compressed air. Recently, significant exercise-induced intrapulmonary …

Development of hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension in a paediatric liver transplant patient

T Shah, J Isaac, D Adams, D Kelly… - Pediatric …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) and portopulmonary hypertension (PPH)
are pulmonary vascular disorders which occur in patients with severe liver disease and/or …

[HTML][HTML] 大鼠肝肺综合征模型的研究

王新国, 韩德五, 张慧英 - 世界华人消化杂志, 2005 - wjgnet.com
方法: Wistar♂ 大鼠20 只随机分成正常组和模型组; 正常组给予正常饲料和自来水,
模型组以掺入胆固醇的玉米面作饲料, 胆固醇占饲料重量的5%(前2 wk 的每千克饲料中含有200 …

Portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome: two different entities affecting pulmonary vasculature in liver disease

G Martinez-Pallí, JB Vidal, J Beltran… - Critical care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We read with interest the recent study by Drs. Kaplan and Kellum (1) investigating the
discriminative power of the strong ion gap calculation in separating survivors from …