The diagnosis of HPS depends on establishing that impaired gas exchange in a patient with liver disease is due to pulmonary vascular dilatation. In most cases, the results of arterial blood gases and ...

The characteristics of hepatopulmonary syndrome include an oxygen saturation < 80%, an increased alveolar-arterial gradient (> 15 mm Hg) while breathing room air, portal hypertension with or without ...

Patient 1, a 58-year-old man, received eight cycles of intravenous bortezomib followed by combination bortezomib and lenalidomide, and he had only a partial response. He underwent autologous stem-cell ...

An 80-year-old man presented to his physician's office for evaluation of shortness of breath and fatigue four weeks after repair of a hiatal hernia. He reported a mild, nonproductive cough and ...

The discovery of the nitric oxide pathway has revolutionized the treatment of acute pulmonary hypertension. Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) produces pulmonary vasodilation in ventilated lung regions by ...