Hypoxemia, high alveolar‐arterial gradient, and bubbles in both sides of heart: A case of hepatopulmonary syndrome in the setting of COVID‐19 pandemic | Zendy

TorresValencia Javier | Zendy; QuevedoMori Arturo | Zendy; UntiverosMayorga Fernando | Zendy

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Hypoxemia, high alveolar‐arterial gradient, and bubbles in both sides of heart: A case of hepatopulmonary syndrome in the setting of COVID‐19 pandemic

Author(s) -

TorresValencia Javier,

QuevedoMori Arturo,

UntiverosMayorga Fernando

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

clinical case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21

H-Index - 9

ISSN - 2050-0904

DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.4204

Subject(s) - hepatopulmonary syndrome , medicine , hypoxemia , tachypnea , covid-19 , cardiology , hypoxia (environmental) , pandemic , intensive care medicine , disease , pathology , cirrhosis , infectious disease (medical specialty) , portal hypertension , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen , tachycardia , outbreak

In presence of tachypnea, digital clubbing and cyanosis in a patient with the hallmarks of chronic liver disease, hepatopulmonary syndrome should be suspected and investigated.

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