Cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of mortality from non-communicable diseases, with complications arising as liver ...

Cirrhosis is one of the leading causes of mortality from non-communicable diseases, with complications arising as liver function deteriorates. HRS and ...

are direct pulmonary artery-to-vein connections without pulmonary capillaries that result in intrapulmonary right-to-left blood shunts. Although most patients with PAVMs may be entirely asymptomatic, ...

Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, also known as TIPS, is a procedure in which a stent, a small wire-mesh coil, is placed into a liver vein to form a channel, or shunt, that bypasses the ...

aDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Health, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and SA-MRC Unit on Child & Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa bDepartment of ...

What Is a Pulmonary Embolism? A pulmonary embolism (PE) happens when a blood clot suddenly blocks an artery that supplies blood to your lungs. Pulmonary embolism happens when a blood clot travels ...

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a common cause of lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and is responsible for a high burden of hospital admission and mortality in children. RSV–LRTI is also ...

LV output is measuring the sum of systemic blood flow and the shunt through the DA, which is actually pulmonary blood flow, whereas RV output is measuring systemic blood flow. Both of these are ...

Nor did this appear to be severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to a left-to-right shunt. Thus, one was left with a diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension, etiology undetermined, until the signs of ...

A normal respiratory rate for adults is between 12 to 18 breaths per minute. Normal respiratory rates for children depend on their age, with babies and toddlers taking more breaths per minute.