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DIGITAL CLUBBING IN CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE
Author(s) -
PAIN M. C. F.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
australasian annals of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0571-9283
DOI - 10.1111/imj.1964.13.2.167
Subject(s) - medicine , obstructive lung disease , lung , cardiology , lung disease , pulmonary disease
Summary Finger clubbing was detected in 24% of 50 patients with chronic obstructive lung disease. The patients with clubbing had a lower mean arterial oxygen saturation than those without clubbing, and no patient with clubbing had a normal arterial oxygen saturation. All patients with clubbing had abnormally large veno‐arterial shunts, and this may be of some ætiological significance.