Abstract
Unusual cause of hypoxemia is presented in a 12 year old boy of Iraqi national. *Corresponding author: Sushil Upadhyay, Asistant Professor, Rama Medical College and Hospital, Pulmonary Medicine, H 104 Swarn Residency, 132 GT Road, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh 201005, India, Tel: 919899393006; Fax: 911222327311; E-mail: skupadhyay2002@rediffmail.com Received June 11, 2015; Accepted July 15, 2015; Published July 20, 2015 Citation: Upadhyay S (2015) Unusual Cause of Hypoxemia. J Pulm Respir Med 5: 279. doi:10.4172/2161-105X.1000279 Copyright: © 2015 Upadhyay S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Highlights
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare cause of hypoxemia
HPS is characterized by intrapulmonary vascular dilatations causing right-to-left shunting, which leads to a range of arterial oxygenation abnormalities in patients with liver disease [1]
HPS has been reported to be present in 4% to 32% of adult patients with end-stage liver disease [2] and in 9-20% of children [3]
Summary
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a rare cause of hypoxemia. HPS is characterized by intrapulmonary vascular dilatations causing right-to-left shunting, which leads to a range of arterial oxygenation abnormalities in patients with liver disease [1]. HPS has been reported to be present in 4% to 32% of adult patients with end-stage liver disease [2] and in 9-20% of children [3].
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