extravascular lung water(English)

• the amount of fluid that is accumulated in the interstitial and alveolar spaces. In lung edema, EVLW increases either because of increased lung permeability or because of increased hydrostatic pressure in the pulmonary capillaries, or both. Increased EVLW is always potentially life-threatening, mainly because it impairs gas exchange and reduces lung compliance. The only technique that provides an easy measurement of EVLW at the bedside is transpulmonary thermodilution
• EVLWI
• Pulmonology, Water, Pathology
• https://doi.org…3613-015-0081-9