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Figure 6

From: Early fluid loading in acute respiratory distress syndrome with septic shock deteriorates lung aeration without impairing arterial oxygenation: a lung ultrasound observational study

Figure 6

Effects of fluid loading on cardiac index and pulmonary arterial blood flow supplying consolidated lung regions in 32 patients with septic shock and acute respiratory distress syndrome. (A) Changes in cardiac index and (B) velocity time-interval of pulmonary arterial flow supplying consolidated lung regions following a 1,000-mL fluid loading are represented (mean ± SD or median and interquartile range, 25 to 75% according to distribution). P <0.001 at the top of the figure indicates a statistically significant difference between the three time points using analysis of variance for repeated measures. Comparisons between two time points were performed using the post hoc Tukey test. *P <0.05, baseline versus end of a 1,000-mL fluid loading and the end of 1,000-mL fluid loading versus 40 minutes after the end of fluid loading.

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