Global end-diastolic volume is an important contributor to increased extravascular lung water in patients with acute lung injury and acuterespiratory distress syndrome: a multicenter observational study

J Intensive Care. 2014 Apr 1;2(1):25. doi: 10.1186/2052-0492-2-25. eCollection 2014.

Abstract

Background: Extravascular lung water (EVLW), as measured by the thermodilution method, reflects the extent of pulmonary edema. Currently, there are no clinically effective treatments for preventing increases in pulmonary vascular permeability, a hallmark of lung pathophysiology, in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS). In this study, we examined the contributions of hemodynamic and osmolarity factors, for which appropriate interventions are expected in critical care, to EVLW in patients with ALI/ARDS.

Methods: We performed a subgroup analysis of a multicenter observational study of patients with acute pulmonary edema. Overall, 207 patients with ALI/ARDS were enrolled in the study. Multivariate regression analysis was used to evaluate the associations of hemodynamic and serum osmolarity parameters with the EVLW index (EVLWI; calculated as EVLW/Ideal body weight). We analyzed factors measured on the day of enrollment (day 0), and on days 1 and 2 after enrollment.

Results: Multivariate regression analysis showed that global end-diastolic volume index (GEDVI) was significantly associated with EVLWI measured on days 0, 1, and 2 (P = 0.002, P < 0.001, and P = 0.003, respectively), whereas other factors were not significantly associated with EVLWI measured on all 3 days.

Conclusions: Among several hemodynamic and serum osmolarity factors that could be targets for appropriate intervention, GEDVI appears to be a key contributor to EVLWI in patients with ALI/ARDS.

Trial registration: University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN) Clinical Trials Registry UMIN000003627.

Keywords: Acute lung injury; Acute respiratory distress syndrome; Extravascular lung water; Global end-diastolic volume; Multivariate regression analysis; Pulmonary edema.