Table 1

Pulmonary consequence of advanced liver disease

Condition Predominant clinicopathological findings
Hepatopulmonary syndromePulmonary vascular dilatations causing  varying degrees of hypoxaemia
Portopulmonary hypertensionPulmonary vasoconstriction/obliteration  with eventual right heart failure
α1-antitrypsin deficiencyPanacinar emphysema resulting in  expiratory airflow obstruction
Hepatic hydrothoraxTransudative pleural effusions with  subsequent lung atelectasis