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[Evaluation of extravascular lung fluid]. 1986

N E Khorokhordin, and I V Karmanov, and V A Leosko, and E D Shekhunov

The possibility of using the thermodilution technique for diagnosis of pulmonary oedema was studied in theoretical model of thermodilution between intra- and extravascular fluid spaces of pulmonary tissue as well as in acute experiments on anesthetized and immobilized dogs with hydrostatic pulmonary oedema. The intensity of thermoindicator diffusion at the "left atrium--aorta" stretch was found to depend on the degree of oedema. The following equation is suggested for calculating the pulmonary extravascular fluid volume: Vev = tev (Qao--Qpa). The thermodilution technique may be used as an independent method for diagnosis of pulmonary oedema.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
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
D004285	Dogs	The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065)	Canis familiaris,Dog
D005110	Extracellular Space	Interstitial space between cells, occupied by INTERSTITIAL FLUID as well as amorphous and fibrous substances. For organisms with a CELL WALL, the extracellular space includes everything outside of the CELL MEMBRANE including the PERIPLASM and the cell wall.	Intercellular Space,Extracellular Spaces,Intercellular Spaces,Space, Extracellular,Space, Intercellular,Spaces, Extracellular,Spaces, Intercellular
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013815	Thermodilution	Measurement of blood flow based on induction at one point of the circulation of a known change in the intravascular heat content of flowing blood and detection of the resultant change in temperature at a point downstream.	Thermodilutions