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With great interest we read the manuscript by Forde et al., regarding pulse oximetry as a screening tool for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) (1). Their results indicate that pulse oximetry is insensitive… Click to show full abstract
With great interest we read the manuscript by Forde et al., regarding pulse oximetry as a screening tool for hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) (1). Their results indicate that pulse oximetry is insensitive for HPS detection in patients with liver cirrhosis. We aimed to further clarify the underlying physiologic mechanisms that result in poor correlation between pulse oximetry and arterial oxygenation in this patient population. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
oximetry;
oximetry inaccurate;
pulse oximetry;
liver cirrhosis;
inaccurate liver
Journal Title: Hepatology
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Hepatology
Year Published: 2019
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