Open AccessHypoxemia, 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.