Why the study?
How do pulmonary membrane diffusion capacity and capillary blood volume change in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis compared to healthy controls?
How do pulmonary membrane diffusion capacity and capillary blood volume change in patients with advanced liver cirrhosis compared to healthy controls?
In patients with advanced liver cirrhosis, lower TLCO and increased PA-aO2 are associated with lower pulmonary capillary blood volume, and high TLNO:TLCO ratios suggest decreased capillary blood layer thickness.
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These associations link lower Vcap to hypoxemia in cirrhosis; hypothesis-generating for TLNO:TLCO in hepatopulmonary syndrome assessment.
Degano et al. (2009) studied this question.
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