Extravascular lung water is an independent prognostic factor in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

M Jozwiak, S Silva, R Persichini, N Anguel… - Critical care …, 2013 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Acute respiratory distress syndrome might be associated with an increase in
extravascular lung water index and pulmonary vascular permeability index, which can be …

Accurate characterization of extravascular lung water in acute respiratory distress syndrome

DM Berkowitz, PA Danai, S Eaton, M Moss… - Critical care …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Measurements of extravascular lung water (EVLW) correlate to the degree of
pulmonary edema and have substantial prognostic information in critically ill patients. Prior …

Extravascular lung water predicts progression to acute lung injury in patients with increased risk

JL LeTourneau, J Pinney, CR Phillips - Critical care medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To compare the extravascular lung water index and other markers of disease
severity in patients with acute lung injury vs. patients at risk for development of acute lung …

Extravascular lung water indexed to predicted body weight is a novel predictor of intensive care unit mortality in patients with acute lung injury

TR Craig, MJ Duffy, M Shyamsundar… - Critical care …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome are characterized
by noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, which can be assessed by measurement of …

Extravascular lung water in sepsis-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: indexing with predicted body weight improves correlation with severity of illness …

CR Phillips, MS Chesnutt, SM Smith - Critical care medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To determine whether extravascular lung water predicts survival in patients with
early acute respiratory distress syndrome, to determine the relationship between …

Extravascular lung water determined with single transpulmonary thermodilution correlates with the severity of sepsis-induced acute lung injury

VV Kuzkov, MY Kirov, MA Sovershaev… - Critical care …, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To find out if the extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) and the derived
permeability indexes determined by the single transpulmonary thermodilution technique are …

Relationship between extravascular lung water and severity categories of acute respiratory distress syndrome by the Berlin definition

S Kushimoto, T Endo, S Yamanouchi, T Sakamoto… - Critical care, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Introduction The Berlin definition divides acute respiratory distress syndrome
(ARDS) into three severity categories. The relationship between these categories and …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of extravascular lung water index on outcomes of severe sepsis patients in a medical intensive care unit

FT Chung, SM Lin, SY Lin, HC Lin - Respiratory medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This study was designated to investigate whether extravascular lung water
index (EVLI) is an independent predictor for mortality outcome in patients with severe sepsis …

The clinical usefulness of extravascular lung water and pulmonary vascular permeability index to diagnose and characterize pulmonary edema: a prospective …

S Kushimoto, Y Taira, Y Kitazawa, K Okuchi… - Critical Care, 2012 - Springer
Introduction Acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is
characterized by features other than increased pulmonary vascular permeability. Pulmonary …

Prognostic value of extravascular lung water index in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the literature

Z Zhang, B Lu, H Ni - Journal of critical care, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The prognostic value of extravascular lung water (EVLW) has been widely
investigated; however, a wide range of its predictive accuracy has been reported. STUDY …