Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction Is Not Associated With Pulmonary Edema in Septic Patients. A Prospective Observational Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We aimed to investigate whether left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD) is associated with pulmonary edema in septic patients.

Methods

We conducted a prospective cohort study in adult septic patients between October 2018 and May 2019. We performed repeated echocardiography and lung ultrasound examinations within the first 7 days after diagnosis of sepsis. We defined LVDD according to the 2016 recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography and-for sensitivity analysis-according to an algorithm which has been validated in septic patients. We quantified pulmonary edema using the lung ultrasound score (LUSS), counting B-lines in four intercostal spaces.

Results

We included 54 patients. LVDD was present in 51 (42%) of 122 echocardiography examina

SUBMITTER: Kahl U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9283750 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature