Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine

Increased Pulmonary Venous Resistance in the Critically Ill Patients

Author: Charles Her*

Published: August 13, 2018

DOI: 10.19080/JAICM.2018.07.555712

Abstract Content: In patients with sepsis, the presence of radiographic evidence of pulmonary edema may not necessarily indicate the fluid overload. The increased pulmonary venous resistance by endotoxemia can develop pulmonary edema in the absence of left ventricular volume overload. Development of pulmonary edema in this situation can contribute to less aggressive efforts of intravascular volume expansion, thus leading to hypovolemia.