LATE RESOLUTION OF HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME AFTER LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION

Authors
PHILIT F WIESENDANGER T GILLE D BOILLOT O CORDIER JF
Citation
F. Philit et al., LATE RESOLUTION OF HEPATOPULMONARY SYNDROME AFTER LIVER-TRANSPLANTATION, Respiration, 64(2), 1997, pp. 173-175
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Respiration → ACNP
ISSN journal
00257931
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
173 - 175
Database
ISI
SICI code
0025-7931(1997)64:2<173:LROHSA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We report a 38-year-old patient with hepatopulmonary syndrome related to posthepatitis C liver cirrhosis. After liver transplantation, hypox emia initially worsened markedly, then resolved completely 14 months a fter transplantation, Liver transplantation may be a reliable treatmen t of hepatopulmonary syndrome, but clinicians should be aware that the correction of hypoxemia may be delayed and that transient deteriorati on is possible.