Objective: To review current knowledge about the hepatopulmonary syndrome, including
definition and clinical features, methods for diagnosing it, pathophysiologic mechanisms of …

Liver disease affects the lungs. The majority of patients exhibit mild to moderate arterial
hypoxaemia essentially attributable to an alteration in ventilation/perfusion matching and …

To investigate the mechanisms underlying abnormal gas exchange in liver cirrhosis, 15
patients were studied while breathing room air, 11% O2, and 100% O2 in random sequence …

A vast spectrum of pulmonary pathologic conditions occurs in association with chronic liver
diseases, and clinically important manifestations, such as arterial hypoxemia, can result …

The shape and position of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve contribute to efficient
transport of oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. In the past several years, factors affecting …

More than a century ago, Fluckinger first described the association between liver cirrhosis
and abnormal pulmonary gas exchange.% For decades, this was considered a rare ass …

This article has summarized the liver-lung relationships from a clinical perspective. The
physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology that link the two organs are of great …

The lung volume at which the dependent lung zones begin to trap gas as a result of airway
closure (ie, the “closing volume”) was measured with 133Xe in 10 seated patients with …

Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is the one of the complication of liver cirrhosis with portal
hypertension, irrespective of etiology, age and sex. It has also been observed in non …

Advanced liver disease is associated with hypoxemia and respiratory failure by various
mechanisms. Patients with cirrhosis are especially prone to episodes of decompensation …