Measuring extravascular lung water: animals and humans are not the same

MY Kirov, VV Kuzkov, E Fernandez-Mondejar… - Critical Care, 2006 - Springer
SB, spontaneous breathing; MV, mechanical ventilation with tidal volumes of 6 to 8 ml/kg
and positive end-expiratory pressure 2 cmH2O; PE, pneumonectomy; ITBVI, intrathoracic …

Effects of body position on regional pulmonary blood flow during acute pulmonary edema in dogs: a positron emission tomography study

DP Schuster, J Haller - Journal of critical care, 1991 - Elsevier
The effect of body position on regional pulmonary blood flow (rPBF) and lung water
concentration (rLWC) was studied before and after canine oleic acid (OA)-induced acute …

Correlation between extravascular lung water and oxygenation in ALI/ARDS patients in septic shock: possible role in the development of atelectasis?

T Szakmany, P Heigl, Z Molnar - Anaesthesia and intensive …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between PaO2/FiO2 ratio and extravascular
lung water in septic shock-induced acute respiratory distress syndrome in a prospective …

How important is the measurement of extravascular lung water?

E Fernández-Mondéjar, F Guerrero-López… - Current opinion in …, 2007 - journals.lww.com
How important is the measurement of extravascular lung water... : Current Opinion in Critical
Care How important is the measurement of extravascular lung water? : Current Opinion in Critical …

Thoracic intravascular and extravascular fluid volumes in cardiac surgical patients.

T Hachenberg, A Tenling, HU Rothen, SO Nyström… - …, 1993 - europepmc.org
Background One possible mechanism of impaired oxygenation in cardiac surgery with
extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is the accumulation of extravascular lung water (EVLW) …

Density detection in dependent left lung region using transesophageal echocardiography

T Tsubo, I Sakai, A Suzuki, H Okawa… - The Journal of the …, 2001 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Densities in dependent lung regions worsen oxygenation in patients with acute
respiratory distress syndrome. Identification of these densities requires examination using …

Extravascular lung water to blood volume ratios as measures of pulmonary capillary permeability in nonseptic critically ill patients

M van der Heijden, ABJ Groeneveld - Journal of critical care, 2010 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of extravascular lung water (EVLW)
to intrathoracic blood volume, global end-diastolic volume, or pulmonary blood volume …

Better characterization of acute lung injury/ARDS using lung water

S Sakka, M Klein - Chest, 2004 - journal.chestnet.org
We appreciate the correspondence by Michard and colleagues with reference to our article
on the prognostic value of extravascular lung water (EVLW) in critically ill patients. 1 They …

Correlation of thermodilution-derived extravascular lung water and ventilation/perfusion-compartments in a porcine model

EK Hartmann, B Duenges, JE Baumgardner… - Intensive care …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose This study examines the correlation between the transpulmonary thermodilution
derived extravascular lung water content (EVLW) and the ventilation/perfusion-distribution …

Regional filling characteristics of the lungs in mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury

J Hinz, A Gehoff, O Moerer, I Frerichs… - European journal of …, 2007 - cambridge.org
ObjectivesThe objective of the study was to determine regional pulmonary filling
characteristics in 20 mechanically ventilated patients with acute lung injury …