title: [Severe hypoxemia in cirrhosis].
abstract: Various respiratory signs (other than infectious pathology), either very frequent and mild or very rare but with a poor prognosis, can be observed in cirrhotic subjects. Hypoxemia raises the greatest diagnostic problems in these subjects. The poor homogeneity of ventilation-perfusion ratios is the most commonly proposed cause of hypoxemia in cirrhosis. In such cases, hypoxemia is typically moderate (60-80 mmHg). Conversely, anatomical shunts, especially intrapulmonary ones, account for severe hypoxemia (< 60 mmHg). We are reporting about the case of a severe form of hypoxemia without anatomical shunt, caused by an anomalous ventilation-perfusion ratio in a female patient with ethylic cirrhosis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie et Unité de Réanimation Respiratoire, CHU-Hôpital Sud, Amiens.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aron
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Jounieaux
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Aubry
mesh_terms: D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008104:Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio
vernacular_title: Hypoxémie sévère au cours d'une cirrhose.