The primary objective of any pharmaceutical preparation is to provide the desired drug concentration to the proper site in the body to promptly achieve the therapeutic effect (Hilleman & Banakar, 1992 ...
The diagnosis of HPS depends on establishing that impaired gas exchange in a patient with liver disease is due to pulmonary vascular dilatation. In most cases, the results of arterial blood gases and ...
Previously in the Journal, we reported on a 4-year-old boy with the hepatopulmonary syndrome, a condition characterized by intrapulmonary shunting due to dilatation of pulmonary vessels in the setting ...
Did Changes in Drug Reimbursement After the Medicare Modernization Act Affect Chemotherapy Prescribing? Tumor specimens from patients with known independent primary tumors and metastatic lesions were ...
Hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) arises in the context of advanced liver disease and portal hypertension, manifesting as an intrapulmonary vascular dilatation that impairs arterial oxygenation.