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Platypnea, orthodeoxia and cirrhosis
R P Byrd1, P R Lopez, B W Joyce
1Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY 40292.
The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association
|April 11, 1992
Abstract:
It is estimated that 15% to 45% of patients with cirrhosis of the liver are hypoxemic without apparent lung or heart disease. This report reviews the association of orthostatic hypoxemia with hepatic dysfunction.