Background: liver cirrhosis with respiratory failure is frequent cause of admission in critical care unit. Sometime no etiological factor other than hepatopulmonary syndrome is labelled. Does pulmonary arterial hypertension matters in hepatopulmonary syndrome? Aim: To assess the frequency of pulmonary hypertension among liver cirrhosis patients presenting with respiratory failure at Critical ca...

Pulmonary abnormalities are common in patients with advanced chronic liver disease. Two distinct syndromes strictly related to the presence of portal hypertension, but clearly different from a pathophysiologic point of view, have been identified. Portopulmonary hypertension, characterized by an increased pulmonary arterial pressure, is due to a progressive arteriolar vasoconstriction induced by...

INTRODUCTION Combined with massive lung aeration loss resulting from acute respiratory distress syndrome, hepatopulmonary syndrome, a liver-induced vascular lung disorder characterized by diffuse or localized dilated pulmonary capillaries, may induce hypoxaemia and death in patients with end-stage liver disease. METHODS The case of such a patient presenting with both disorders and in whom an ...