Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Definition

This is a syndrome of shortness of breath and hypoxemia (low oxygen levels in the blood of the arteries) caused by vasodilation (broadening of the blood vessels) in the lungs of patients with liver disease.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Certain specified diseases of liver

• DB99.0Chronic liver disease
• DB99.1Hepatic cyst
• DB99.2Hepatorenal syndrome
• DB99.3Portopulmonary hypertension
• DB99.5Hepatic encephalopathy
• DB99.6Intrahepatic cholestasis, not elsewhere classified
• DB99.7Hepatic failure without mention whether acute or chronic
• DB99.8Chronic hepatic failure