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2683676

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
In seven (18%) of 39 liver transplantation patients, serial Doppler sonographic examinations performed in the first 2 weeks after the transplantation showed transient, highly echogenic nonshadowing particles moving within the portal vein, believed to be portal venous air. This finding was associated with sepsis in one patient, a positive stool culture for Clostridium difficile in another, and postoperative ileus in a third patient. A fourth patient had primary graft failure and required a second transplant. No potential cause was found in the other three patients. None of the patients had bowel infarction or necrosis. The finding was not associated with transplant rejection or graft infection. We conclude that the sonographic finding of portal venous gas is common in the first 2 weeks after hepatic transplantation and may not have grave prognostic significance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0361-803X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1203-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Portal venous gas after hepatic transplantation: sonographic detection and clinical significance.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.