title: Assessing the quantity of pulmonary edema in critically ill children.
abstract: Measuring extravascular lung water may be useful for predicting outcome in adults with acute lung injury. The present commentary briefly reviews the potential role and limitations of extravascular lung water measurement in critically ill children.
authors.affiliation: Regional Intensive Care Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast BT12 6BA, N Ireland. d.f.mcauley@qub.ac.uk
authors.forename: Daniel F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: McAuley
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Matthay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000453:epidemiology; D015633:Extravascular Lung Water / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D013815:Thermodilution
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