title: [4-year follow-up of dead space volume after pulmonary embolism. Apropos of a case].
abstract: The measure of dead space (VD) has been at the centre of a controversy in the diagnosis of pulmonary emboli. We present an unusual case report because we had measured the dead space before the acute incident. The improvement in the result only occurred after the imposition of a vena caval filter and this supplied the discussion on the specificity of scintigraphy to appreciate the functional state of the pulmonary vascular bed.
authors.affiliation: Département de Pneumologie, Clinique St Charles, La Roche-sur-Yon.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Maurisset
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012126:Respiratory Dead Space / Q000502:physiology*; D013990:Tidal Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014692:Ventilation-Perfusion Ratio / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Suivi pendant 4 ans du volume de l'espace mort après une embolie pulmonaire. A propos d'un cas.