1Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway;2Professor, Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
Abstract:
Introduction
Acute lung injury is associated with accumulation of extravascular lung water (EVLW). The aim of the present study was to compare two methods for quantification of EVLW: transpulmonary single thermodilution (EVLWST) and postmortem gravimetric (EVLWG).