Current diagnosis and therapy of hepatopulmonary syndrome / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Hepatopulmonary syndrome is a pulmonary syndrome that is characterized by the clinical triad of chronic liver disease,arteriovenous shunts due to intrapulmonary vasodilatation,and arterial hypoxemia.Dwing to its complicated pathogenisis,unconspicuous behavior and lack of clinic features,it is very hard for early diagnosis,so while diagnosed,most of HPS patients are in a hard way.The clinical treatment is limited with unsatisfactory effectiveness,so does the prognosis.This article reviews the current diagnosis and therapies of hepatopulmonary syndrome.