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hepatopulmonary syndrome

Medical Definition

A syndrome characterized by the clinical triad of advanced chronic liver disease, pulmonary vascular dilatations, and reduced arterial oxygenation (hypoxemia) in the absence of intrinsic cardiopulmonary disease. this syndrome is common in the patients with liver cirrhosis or portal hypertension (hypertension, portal).

Wikipedia Summary

In medicine, hepatopulmonary syndrome is a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood of the arteries) caused by vasodilation (broadening of the blood vessels) in the lungs of patients with liver disease. Dyspnea and hypoxemia are worse in the upright position (which is called platypnea and orthodeoxia, respectively)..
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K76.81Hepatopulmonary syndrome

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