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HEPATIC FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH HYPOXÆMIA DUE TO CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASE
Author(s) -
WHELAN GREGORY,
PIERCE ALAN K.,
SCHENKER STEVEN,
COMBES BURTON
Publication year - 1969
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.1969.18.3.243
Subject(s) - medicine , hepatic function , pulmonary function testing , chronic liver disease , heart failure , chronic hepatic , cardiology , pulmonary disease , disease , liver function tests , chronic disease , gastroenterology , cirrhosis
SUMMARY The effects of chronic hypoxæmia on hepatic function were appraised by routine liver function tests and by a prolonged BSP infusion procedure in patients with chronic pulmonary disease unaccompanied by heart failure. Despite the presence of hypoxæmia sufficient to severely limit exercise, hepatic function was unimpaired. Abnormalities in hepatic function described previously in patients with chronic pulmonary disease by others may have been due to accompanying heart failure.