Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2019 Oct;45(10):1433-1435.
doi: 10.1007/s00134-019-05721-y. Epub 2019 Aug 2.

Pulmonary complications in liver disease

Michael Bauer  1 , Valentin Fuhrmann  2   3 , Julia Wendon  4
Affiliations

Pulmonary complications in liver disease

Michael Bauer et al. Intensive Care Med. 2019 Oct.
No abstract available

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Alterations of the pulmonary vascular bed in chronic liver disease: chronic liver disease promotes remodeling processes in the pulmonary vascular bed characterized by diffuse or localized telangiectasia (in HPS) or hyperplastic lesions in terminal pulmonary arterioles (PoPH). The diagnostic workup includes blood gases in the supine and upright posture and contrast-enhanced echocardiography. Evidence of secondary pulmonary hypertension or right-to-left shunting triggers further imaging. HPS and PoPH are associated with functional status, quality of life, and survival on the waiting list and outcome after LT with strong impact on listing for LT
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Yang P, Formanek P, Scaglione S, Afshar M. Risk factors and outcomes of acute respiratory distress syndrome in critically ill patients with cirrhosis. Hepatol Res. 2019;49(3):335–343. doi: 10.1111/hepr.13240. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. O’Brien AJ, Welch CA, Singer M, Harrison DA. Prevalence and outcome of cirrhosis patients admitted to UK intensive care: a comparison against dialysis-dependent chronic renal failure patients. Intensive Care Med. 2012;38(6):991–1000. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2523-2. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Fuhrmann V, Whitehouse T, Wendon J. The ten tips to manage critically ill patients with acute-on-chronic liver failure. Intensive Care Med. 2018;44(11):1932–1935. doi: 10.1007/s00134-018-5078-z. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Raevens S, Geerts A, Van Steenkiste C, et al. Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension: recent knowledge in pathogenesis and overview of clinical assessment. Liver Int. 2015;35(6):1646–1660. doi: 10.1111/liv.12791. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Wiest R, Albillos A, Trauner M, et al. Targeting the gut-liver axis in liver disease. J Hepatol. 2017;67(5):1084–1103. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.05.007. - DOI - PubMed

MeSH terms