Improvement in the ability to determine the specific cause of any given case of pulmonary
edema would lead to more rapid and definitive treatment." Wedge" pressures and …

It has been shown that the chest roentgenogram is a sensitive and accurate pool for
detecting and quantitating cardiogenic pulmonary edema, This can be done at the interstitial …

To evaluate radiographic criteria recently proposed for determining causes of pulmonary
edema, the authors studied 45 patients with severe pulmonary edema. Hydrostatic and …

Pulmonary edema fluid and serum samples were obtained from 20 patients with cardiac and
noncardiac pulmonary edema, and total protein, albumin, and globulin concentrations were …

Hydrostatic pulmonary edema can be defined as an abnormal increase in extravascular
water secondary to elevated pressure in the pulmonary circulation, as in congestive heart …

The ability to differentiate cardiac from permeability edema on the basis of clinical and
radiographic criteria was studied in 70 ICU patients in whom subsequent pulmonary artery …

Focal patterns of pulmonary edema are confusing and often mistaken for the more common
causes of focal lung disease, pneumonia, infarction, or aspiration. The authors report four …

Oedema of the ankles is a traditional physical sign of the increased systemic venous
pressure, resulting from embarrassment of the right side of the heart. The high venous …

Simultaneous chest X ray, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, and pulmonary artery
oxygen saturation measurements were obtained in 30 patients with acute myocardial …

Unilateral pulmonary edema was found to occur following or in conjunction with 18 different
clinical situations. In half of them the edema developed on the same side as the causative …