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Supine vs upright exercise in patients with hepatopulmonary syndrome and orthodeoxia: study protocol for a randomized controlled crossover trial

BACKGROUND: The hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) is a pulmonary complication of liver disease found in 10 to 32% of patients with cirrhosis and is characterized by intrapulmonary vascular dilatations and abnormal oxygenation. Liver transplantation is the only effective therapy for this disease. Patien...

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Autores principales: Parikh, Harsh, Lui, Eric, Faughnan, Marie E., Al-Hesayen, Abdul, Segovia, Stephanie, Gupta, Samir
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8500814/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34625098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05633-7