Extravascular lung water in critical care: recent advances and clinical applications

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Jozwiak, Mathieu ^a,b,c   Teboul, Jean Louis ^a,b,c   Monnet, Xavier ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Extravascular lung water; Fluid management; Fluid responsiveness; Hemodynamic monitoring; Lung oedema; Pulmonary vascular permeability index; Transpulmonary thermodilution

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DYE DILUTION CURVE; FLUID BALANCE; GRAVIMETRY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERVOLEMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG CAPILLARY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG EXTRAVASCULAR FLUID; LUNG FLUID; LUNG INJURY; LUNG RESECTION; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; THERMODILUTION; THERMODILUTION DEVICE;

EID: 84946548926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13613-015-0081-9     Document Type: Review

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