Articles: extravascular-lung-water.
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Am. J. Physiol. Heart Circ. Physiol. · Nov 2011
Early subclinical increase in pulmonary water content in athletes performing sustained heavy exercise at sea level: ultrasound lung comet-tail evidence.
Whether prolonged strenuous exercise performed by athletes at sea level can produce interstitial pulmonary edema is under debate. Chest sonography allows to estimate extravascular lung water, creating ultrasound lung comet-tail (ULC) artifacts. The aim of the study was to determine whether pulmonary water content increases in Ironmen (n = 31) during race at sea level and its correlation with cardiopulmonary function and systemic proinflammatory and cardiac biohumoral markers. ⋯ Multiple factor analysis showed significant correlations between ULCs and cardiac-related variables and NH(2)-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide. Healthy athletes developed subclinical increase in pulmonary water content immediately after an Ironman race at sea level, as shown by the increased number of ULCs related to cardiac changes occurring during exercise. Hemodynamic changes are one of several potential factors contributing to the mechanisms of ULCs.
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Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue · Aug 2011
[The effects of fluid resuscitation with different crystalloid-colloid ratio on extravascular lung water index in severe acute pancreatitis].
To investigate the effects of fluid resuscitation with different crystalloid-colloid ratio on extravascular lung water (EVLW) in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). ⋯ In order to guide early fluid resuscitation,EVLW, ICP and BNP should be monitored and limited fluid resuscitation strategy with an increasing colloid ratio should be adopted for SAP patients.