We report a case of acute right ventricular myocardial infarction (right AMI) following
pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE). Following percutaneous coronary intervention, the …

Glucose is an osmotically active molecule and, therefore, rapid changes in plasma glucose
might redistribute water volume between the body fluid compartments in a yet unknown way …

Background The water volume of the endothelial glycocalyx layer has been estimated at 0.7
to 1.7 L using tracer methods of unclear value. The present study attempts to measure this …

Study objective We have reported that initial distribution volume of glucose (IDVG) measures
the central extracellular fluid volume in the presence of fluid gain or loss without apparent …

BACKGROUND: Patients admitted to surgery may be dehydrated, which is difficult to
diagnose except when it is severe (> 5% Gl116 of the body weight). We hypothesized that …

BACKGROUND: Noticeable changes in vital signs indicating hypovolemia occur only after
15% of the blood volume is lost. More sensitive variables (eg, cardiac output, systolic …

Predicting fluid responsiveness is a topic of major interest. The passive leg raising (PLR)
manoeuvre has been recently proposed and tested [1–8]. PLR is based on the principle that …

Objective To investigate a technique using 20% albumin for measurement of plasma volume
in critically ill patients. Design and setting Laboratory and clinical investigation in the adult …

BACKGROUND: Plasma volume expansion is often performed during adrenergic therapy in
the intensive care unit, but little is known about their combined effects. MATERIALS AND …