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Measurement of extravascular lung water — methods and clinical implications
Author(s) -
Leksell L. G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1991.tb03403.x
Subject(s) - medicine , lung , clinical practice , dilution , intensive care medicine , indicator dilution , sensitivity (control systems) , radiology , physical therapy , physics , cardiac output , electronic engineering , blood pressure , engineering , thermodynamics
The estimation of changes in extravascular lung water during different experimental and clinical conditions forms an intriguing field of research. Present methods for the measurement of lung water are difficult to apply in day‐to‐day clinical practice. Most methods are not only low in accuracy and sensitivity but are also invasive. A new indicator‐dilution technique using heavy water and idiocyanine green as diffusible and nondiffusible indicators, respectively, may provide us with a new investigative method for longterm bedside estimation of lung water.