Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) Diagnosis Algorithm
Bubble echo is the first piece of the puzzle. The nail on the dx is an A-a gradient >15. If <15 it is a simple intrapulmonary vasodilation which can present the same way on bubble echo.

Themis Kourkoumpetis, MD, MPH @Themis_Kourk

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Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85 · 4 years ago
GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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