Platypnea, orthodeoxia and cirrhosis.
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.
Byrd
R P
RP
Division of Respiratory and Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville, School of Medicine, KY 40292.
Lopez
P R
PR
Joyce
B W
BW
Roy
T M
TM
D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D016683:Supine Position