title: [Repeated routine determination of pulmonary microvascular permeability after polytrauma].
abstract: We present a technique to measure pulmonary microvascular permeability for albumin in patients with multiple trauma by means of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). Routine laboratory tests for the analysis of BAL fluids are used. The results were clinically validated in 10 healthy volunteers and 12 patients with multiple trauma in a first prospective study. Additionally, another 11 severely traumatized and 24 less traumatized patients were evaluated in a second prospective study. Normal values (> 0.09 +/- 0.02), posttraumatic physiological ranges (< 0.35), and a "high risk" range (> 0.5) for pulmonary microvascular permeability for albumin were developed. There was a high correlation between the first posttraumatic values of pulmonary microvascular permeability and the required duration of intensive care treatment (r = 0.81), the duration of continuous mandatory ventilation (r = 0.78) and the mean lung injury score by Murray (r = 0.76). We conclude that the presented method is harmless and useful to describe the post-traumatic course of pulmonary microvascular permeability.
authors: Abteilung für Unfallchirurgie, Universität Essen.
authors: U
authors: U
authors: Obertacke
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Kleinschmidt
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Dresing
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Bardenheuer
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Bruch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000737:chemistry; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000503:physiopathology; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012016:Reference Values; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012709:Serum Albumin
vernacular_title: Wiederholbare Routinebestimmung der pulmonal-mikrovaskulären Permeabilität nach Polytrauma.