Lung Water Changes After Thermal Burns
Year: 1978
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Pulmonary extravascular water has been measured as lung thermal volume (LTV) in a group of nine burned patients. Transducer-detectable indicators were used to permit frequent repetition and quick results. Concurrent recordings were made of cardiac output, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and the usual hemodynamic variables. Moderate elevation of LTV was seen in all, reaching a maximum value before peripheral edema formation was complete. Left heart filling pressures were low as plasma albumin concentration. Clinical pulmonary edema occurred in one patient treated mostly with crystalloid solution. In several, a secondary peak coincided with edema mobilization.
Source: Annals of Surgery
Authors: ALFRED MORGAN, DAVID KNIGHT, NICHOLAS OʼCONNOR
Institution: Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Epidemiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2045234823