Abernethy syndrome, a rare cause of hypoxemia: A case report

Abernethy syndrome (congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS II)) as an etiology of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is uncommon. The severe hypoxemia and its consequences become incapacitating for the patient. Early shunt closure resolves hypoxemia and clinical symptomatology and prevents ir...

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Autores principales: Sahu, Manoj Kumar, Bisoi, Akshay Kumar, Chander, Naveen Chandrasekaran, Agarwala, Sandeep, Chauhan, Sandeep
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25684892
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.149526
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author Sahu, Manoj Kumar
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Agarwala, Sandeep
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description Abernethy syndrome (congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS II)) as an etiology of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is uncommon. The severe hypoxemia and its consequences become incapacitating for the patient. Early shunt closure resolves hypoxemia and clinical symptomatology and prevents irreversible changes in pulmonary vasculature.
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spelling pubmed-43224062015-02-13 Abernethy syndrome, a rare cause of hypoxemia: A case report Sahu, Manoj Kumar Bisoi, Akshay Kumar Chander, Naveen Chandrasekaran Agarwala, Sandeep Chauhan, Sandeep Ann Pediatr Cardiol Case Report Abernethy syndrome (congenital extrahepatic portosystemic shunt (CEPS II)) as an etiology of hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is uncommon. The severe hypoxemia and its consequences become incapacitating for the patient. Early shunt closure resolves hypoxemia and clinical symptomatology and prevents irreversible changes in pulmonary vasculature. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4322406/ /pubmed/25684892 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2069.149526 Text en Copyright: © Annals of Pediatric Cardiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4322406/
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