Chest 1993-Mar
Liver cirrhosis with severe hypoxemia and paradoxic pulmonary vascular response to graded inspiratory oxygen tension.
Se sèlman itilizatè ki anrejistre yo ki ka tradwi atik yo
Log In / Enskri
Lyen an sove nan clipboard la
Mo kle
Abstrè
We present the findings in a patient with liver cirrhosis who showed oppositional pulmonary vascular responses to various alveolar oxygen tensions. In this case the pulmonary artery constricted on exposure to hyperoxia and then gradually dilated during progressive hypoxic inhalation. Such a paradoxic response must result in severe arterial hypoxemia because of severe V/Q mismatching.