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A 33-year-old woman treated for carcinoid tumor developed severe hypoxaemia. This hypoxaemia may have been related to an extracardiac right-to-left shunt. The pathogenic role of vasoactive agents is discussed and comparisons made with cirrhosis-associated hypoxaemia.
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Robert, R., Matuchansky, C., Picker, F. et al. Severe hypoxemia in a case of midgut carcinoid tumor. Intensive Care Med 15, 536–537 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00273569
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