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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Analysis of EVLWI

From: Fluid management in critically ill patients: the role of extravascular lung water, abdominal hypertension, capillary leak, and fluid balance

Variable

Survivors (n= 58)

Nonsurvivors (n= 65)

p value

EVLWImin (mL/kg)

7.3 ± 2.7

8.5 ± 4.1

0.059

EVLWImax (mL/kg)

11.7 ± 4.3

13.7 ± 5.9

0.041

EVLWImean (mL/kg)

9.2 ± 3.3

10.7 ± 4.6

0.043

Day EVLWImax (day)

2.4 ± 1.4

3.1 ± 2.2

0.026

ΔEVLWI (mL/kg)

−1.3 ± 3.5

2.1 ± 5.0

<0.001

ΔmaxEVLWI (mL/kg)

−3.3 ± 3.8

2.5 ± 5.3

<0.001

  1. EVLWImin, minimal EVLWI during ICU stay; EVLWImax, maximal EVLWI during ICU stay; EVLWImean, mean EVLWI during ICU stay; ΔEVLWI, difference between first and last extravascular lung water index; ΔmaxEVLWI, maximal difference between extravascular lung water index.
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