Comparison of chest radiograph scoring to lung weight as a quantitative index of pulmonary edema in organ donors.

ABSTRACT: Quantification of the degree of pulmonary edema in organ donors is useful for assessing the clinical severity of pulmonary edema, determining response to therapy, and as an endpoint for therapeutic trials. Currently, there is no accurate non-invasive method for assessing the degree of pulmonary edema. We tested the performance of a four-quadrant chest radiographic scoring system compared to quantification of pulmonary edema by excised lung weight in 84 donors whose lungs were not used for transplantation. Chest radiographs were taken 3.6 ± 3.0 h prior to organ procurement and were scored by two of the authors. Lungs were excised without perfusion and individually weighed. The chest radiographic scoring system had good performance: correlation between total radiographic score and total lung

SUBMITTER: Ware LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3642873 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature