Hepatopulmonary Syndrome Criteria & Severity

Hepatopulmonary syndrome criteria and severity grade, from the ERS task force definition.

Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.

Example

Liver disease or portal hypertension
Yes
Intrapulmonary vascular dilatation shown
Yes
Age
70
Room-air arterial oxygen, PaO2
85
Room-air alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient
18

Result: At 70 years the threshold is 20 mmHg, so a gradient of 18 does not meet the criteria.

The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.

What you enter

  • Liver disease or portal hypertension
  • Intrapulmonary vascular dilatation shown
  • Age (years)
  • Room-air arterial oxygen, PaO2 (mmHg)
  • Room-air alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (mmHg)
How this is calculated

Rodriguez-Roisin R, Krowka MJ, Herve P, Fallon MB; ERS Task Force Pulmonary-Hepatic Vascular Disorders Scientific Committee. Pulmonary-Hepatic vascular Disorders (PHD). Eur Respir J. 2004;24(5):861-880. Read the source ↗

A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.

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Built by Clay Good. Source on GitHub.