hepatopulmonary syndrome

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hepatopulmonary syndrome,

arterial hypoxemia caused by pulmonary vasodilation in conjunction with chronic liver disease, usually occurring as a result of portal hypertension in cirrhosis.

A condition in which hypoxemia due to intrapulmonary shunting and/or a V/Q mismatch develops in a Pt with liver cirrhosis; usually there is no apparent parenchymal lung disease, but Pts may have orthodeoxia, an unusual finding of ↑ hypoxemia with a change from the supine to the erect position; the pathogenesis of HPS is uncertain but may be due to an ↑ production of endogenous nitric oxide; shunting of HPS may respond to IV methylene blue

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