MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY EDEMA
MEASUREMENT OF PULMONARY EDEMA
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DOI:
10.1161/01.res.16.5.482
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
影响因子:
20.1
通讯作者:
BEAZELL, J
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作者:
PEARCE, ML;YAMASHITA, J;BEAZELL, J
Two methods for the measurement of pulmonary edema are compared. The 1st method, which permits serial measurements in vivo, depends on the difference in mean transit time of a water label and an intravascular label. The 2nd method is a post mortem one in which total lung water is measured and allocated to the pulmonary blood or to pulmonary extravascular water. Three groups of 6 dogs each were studied: controls, a group with pulmonary edema produced by elevating pulmonary venous pressure, and a group with pulmonary edema produced by alloxan. The isotopic as compared with the post mortem method accounted for 71% of the pulmonary extravascular water found in the controls, 94% in high pressure edema and 57% in alloxan edema. Shunting, as measured by a large fall in Pa O2 despite 100% O2-breathing, became marked in a 2nd group of 5 alloxan dogs and only 31% of the post mortem pulmonary extravascular water was measured by the isotope method. It is concluded that the isotope transit time method is a useful one for the serial measurement of pulmonary edema in vivo. The edema water is more accurately determined when pulmonary edema is due to elevated pulmonary venous pressure than to increased vascular per meability.