title: Severe hypoxemia in a case of midgut carcinoid tumor.
abstract: A 33-year-old woman treated for carcinoid tumor developed severe hypoxaemia. This hypoxaemia may have been related to an extracardiac right-to-left shunt. The pathogenic role of vasoactive agents is discussed and comparisons made with cirrhosis-associated hypoxaemia.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Jean Bernard, Poitiers, France.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Robert
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Matuchansky
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Picker
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guitton
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D007078:Ileal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008303:Malignant Carcinoid Syndrome / Q000150:complications