Background. Global end diastolic volume (GEDV) has a constant and predictable
relationship to intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV). The present study assesses the difference …

Objectives: Measurements of extravascular lung water (EVLW) correlate to the degree of
pulmonary edema and have substantial prognostic information in critically ill patients. Prior …

Objective We describe a simplified helium dilution technique to measure end-expiratory lung
volume (EELV) in mechanically ventilated patients. We assessed both its accuracy in …

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is a common entity in critical care medicine and
associated with many diagnoses, including trauma and sepsis, which may lead to multiple …

Background Extravascular lung water (EVLW), as measured by the thermodilution method,
reflects the extent of pulmonary edema. Currently, there are no clinically effective treatments …

The reliability of the double‐indicator dilution technique (dye/cold) for measuring
extravascular lung water (EVLW) has been studied in lung‐healthy dogs after pleural fluid …

The measurement of extravascular lung water is a relatively new technology which has not
yet been well validated as a clinically useful tool. We studied its utility in patients undergoing …

Assesment of extravascular lung water (EVLW) by the double indicator dilution technique
has proven unsatisfactory in pulmonary edema quantitation due to slow diffusion of the …

Objectives: Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome are characterized
by noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, which can be assessed by measurement of …

Background: Extravascular lung water is a quantitative marker of the amount of fluid in the
thoracic cavity besides the vasculature. Indexing to both predicted and actual body weight …