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Ultrasonography is a valuable non-invasive tool for determining extravascular lung water in severe sepsis

Authors: M Kok, H Endeman

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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The aim of this study was to evaluate the value of ultrasonography of the lung in order to determine the level of volume load defined as the extravascular lung water index (ELWI). Hereto the presence of bilateral interstitial syndrome found by pulmonary ultrasonography is compared with ELWI as measured by thermodilution with PiCCO technology. …

Lichtenstein DA, et al.: Chest. 2009, 136: 1014-1020. 10.1378/chest.09-0001CrossRefPubMed

Title: Ultrasonography is a valuable non-invasive tool for determining extravascular lung water in severe sepsis
Authors: M Kok
H Endeman
Publication date: 01-02-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9561

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