Study objective Arterial thermal dilution with an integrated fiberoptic monitoring system
(COLD Z-021; Pulsion Medical Systems; Munich, Germany) allows measurement of …

Background Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) are
characterized by pulmonary oedema, measured as extravascular lung water (EVLW). The …

Extravascular lung water (EVLW) is the amount of fluid that is accumulated in the interstitial
and alveolar spaces. In lung oedema, EVLW increases either because of increased lung …

Respiratory failure after thermal injury is common, but the etiologic roles of high volume
crystalloid resuscitation, hypoproteinemia, inhalation injury, or sepsis have not been …

Acute lung injury carries a high burden of morbidity and mortality and is characterised by
nonhydrostatic pulmonary oedema. The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of accurate …

Objective: To find out if the extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) and the derived
permeability indexes determined by the single transpulmonary thermodilution technique are …

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 …

The purpose of this study was to determine whether Ringer's lactate solution increases
extravascular lung water (EVLW) during resuscitation after hemorrhagic shock. Ten sheep …

Background: Detection of small (10–20%) increases in lung water may be relevant to detect
incipient pulmonary edema but no clinically usable method has demonstrated this capability …

PURPOSE:: To analyze the accuracy of the transpulmonary thermodilution method in the
determination of extravascular lung water (EVLW). MATERIAL AND METHODS:: Acute lung …