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Pulmonary edema in patients with sepsis. 1975

R J Finley, and R L Holliday, and M Lefcoe, and J H Duff

Fifteen critically ill patients with sepsis, 12 of whom had significant pulmonary dysfunction develop, were investigated with regard to changes in pulmonary capillary pressure, in serum oncotic pressure and on roentgenograms of the chest. It could not be shown that the pulmonary edema, which is a major characteristic of the septic lung lesion, was due to changes only in oncotic and hydrostatic pressures. Nor was there evidence that increased capillary permeability was the sole explanation of the edema. A significant relationship was found which consisted of increasing severity of the lung lesion, decreasing serum oncotic pressure and increasing pulmonary pressure. When patients with sepsis require resuscitation with fluids, the administration of moderate amounts of albumin along with monitoring of pulmonary capillary pressure appears to be a rational approach to therapy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008168 Lung Either of the pair of organs occupying the cavity of the thorax that effect the aeration of the blood. Lungs
D008170 Lung Compliance The capability of the LUNGS to distend under pressure as measured by pulmonary volume change per unit pressure change. While not a complete description of the pressure-volume properties of the lung, it is nevertheless useful in practice as a measure of the comparative stiffness of the lung. (From Best & Taylor's Physiological Basis of Medical Practice, 12th ed, p562) Compliance, Lung,Compliances, Lung,Lung Compliances
D009997 Osmotic Pressure The pressure required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. Osmotic Shock,Hypertonic Shock,Hypertonic Stress,Hypotonic Shock,Hypotonic Stress,Osmotic Stress,Hypertonic Shocks,Hypertonic Stresses,Hypotonic Shocks,Hypotonic Stresses,Osmotic Pressures,Osmotic Shocks,Osmotic Stresses,Pressure, Osmotic,Pressures, Osmotic,Shock, Hypertonic,Shock, Hypotonic,Shock, Osmotic,Shocks, Hypertonic,Shocks, Hypotonic,Shocks, Osmotic,Stress, Hypertonic,Stress, Hypotonic,Stress, Osmotic,Stresses, Hypertonic,Stresses, Hypotonic,Stresses, Osmotic
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D011654 Pulmonary Edema Excessive accumulation of extravascular fluid in the lung, an indication of a serious underlying disease or disorder. Pulmonary edema prevents efficient PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE in the PULMONARY ALVEOLI, and can be life-threatening. Wet Lung,Edema, Pulmonary,Edemas, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Edemas,Lung, Wet,Lungs, Wet,Wet Lungs
D011859 Radiography Examination of any part of the body for diagnostic purposes by means of X-RAYS or GAMMA RAYS, recording the image on a sensitized surface (such as photographic film). Radiology, Diagnostic X-Ray,Roentgenography,X-Ray, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X-Ray,Diagnostic X-Ray Radiology,X-Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,Diagnostic X Ray,Diagnostic X Ray Radiology,Diagnostic X-Rays,Radiology, Diagnostic X Ray,X Ray Radiology, Diagnostic,X Ray, Diagnostic,X-Rays, Diagnostic
D001794 Blood Pressure PRESSURE of the BLOOD on the ARTERIES and other BLOOD VESSELS. Systolic Pressure,Diastolic Pressure,Pulse Pressure,Pressure, Blood,Pressure, Diastolic,Pressure, Pulse,Pressure, Systolic,Pressures, Systolic
D002196 Capillaries The minute vessels that connect arterioles and venules. Capillary Beds,Sinusoidal Beds,Sinusoids,Bed, Sinusoidal,Beds, Sinusoidal,Capillary,Capillary Bed,Sinusoid,Sinusoidal Bed
D002496 Central Venous Pressure The blood pressure in the central large VEINS of the body. It is distinguished from peripheral venous pressure which occurs in an extremity. Venous Pressure, Central,Central Venous Pressures,Pressure, Central Venous,Pressures, Central Venous,Venous Pressures, Central
D003102 Colloids Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other. Hydrocolloids,Colloid,Hydrocolloid

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