Objectives
To investigate the effect of a bolus of saline on extravascular lung water (EVLW), and to analyze correlations of EVLW with outcome.
Methods
Prospective cohort. Patients received 10 mL/kg of saline (bolus). Central venous blood gas analysis and echocardiography measurements were performed before and after. Lung ultrasound was performed with 12 measurements, repeated after expansion. Statistics included paired t-test and logistic regression models. The magnitude of the effect was assessed using Cohen's test.
Results
88 measurements were made on 83 patients. There was a response to volume in 48 measurements (54.5 %). 28 patients (33.7 %) had signs of shock, and 60 were on mechanical ventilation (MV, 72.2 %). In 68 paired measurements, there was an increase in B-lines after expansion (77.2 %). The mean number of B-lines pre- was 1.42 (SD 1.12) per intercostal space, increasing to 1.71 (SD 1.17) post-expansion (p < 0.001, Cohen's d 0.97). The mean pre-expansion cardiac index was 3.43 L/min/m2 (SD 1.05), increasing to 3.87 (SD 1.21, p < 0.001, Cohen's d = 0.8). In a multivariate model, lactate and mean pre-expansion B-lines were independent predictors of death in ICU: pre-B-lines, Odds ratio 1.87, p = 0.012; pre-lactate OR 1.59, p = 0.012. The same was observed with post-volume B-lines, in a model which also included MV: post-volume B-lines, OR 1.87, p = 0.01; post-volume lactate, OR 1.51, p = 0.03; MV, OR 4.32, p = 0.041.
Conclusions
Most patients showed signs of fluid intolerance, with increased EVLW. EVLW assessed by ultrasound is a predictor of mortality.
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