SUMMARY The effects of chronic hypoxæmia on hepatic function were appraised by routine liver function tests and by a prolonged BSP infusion procedure in patients with chronic pulmonary disease unaccompanied by heart failure. Despite the presence of hypoxæmia sufficient to severely limit exercise, hepatic function was unimpaired. Abnormalities in hepatic function described previously in patients with chronic pulmonary disease by others may have been due to accompanying heart failure.
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