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2] is the only predictor of mortality may be explained on the basis the pulmonary shunt present if HPS individuals, due to the disrupted oxygen diffusion capacity as a consequence of capillary vasodilation, in addition to a shortened erythrocyte transit time through the capillaries and an elevated cardiac output.
Factores predictores de mortalidad y estrategias de deteccion precoz de sindrome hepatopulmonar en pacientes trasplantados hepaticos
First, the value of pulmonary shunt fraction (Qs/Qt) was not given in the present study, since it requires invasive pulmonary artery catheterisation for the sampling of mixed venous whole blood.
The effect of timing of application of positive end-expiratory pressure on oxygenation during one-lung ventilation
Changes in cardiac output may likewise change PaO2 and the O2 score, particularly in the patient with a concurrent substantial pulmonary shunt.
ABG use in the emergency department
Changes in cardiac output may likewise change PaO2 and the O2 score particularly in the patient with a concurrent substantial pulmonary shunt.
Moderate hypoxemia following upper abdominal surgery in a 52 year old otherwise healthy female
Pulmonary shunt is expressed as percent of cardiac output.
Vardenafil and weaning from inhaled nitric oxide: effect on pulmonary hypertension in ARDS

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