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Table 3 Measurements of intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV) and extravascular lung water (EVLW) volume at individual time points by using three different methods of indicator dilution

From: Comparison of three methods of extravascular lung water volume measurement in patients after cardiac surgery

Time

Hour 1

Hour 2

Hour 4

Hour 6

ICG-thermal ITBV

(ml/m2)

794 (± 165)

856 (± 156)

880 (± 140)

915 (± 146)

Li-thermal ITBV

(ml/m2)

1,271 (± 336)

1,318 (± 350)

1,309 (± 407)

1,203 (± 311)

Single-thermal ITBV

(ml/m2)

777 (± 180)

827 (± 129)

880 (± 175)

880 (± 170)

ICG-thermal EVLW

(ml/kg)

5.6 (± 2.1)

4.6 (± 1.9)

5.4 (± 2.0)

4.8 (± 1.4)

Li-thermal EVLW

(ml/kg)

-7.8 (± 5.6)

-9.9 (± 5.6)

-7.9 (± 10.5)

-6.6 (± 7.0)

Single-thermal EVLW

(ml/kg)

5.5 (± 1.7)

4.9 (± 1.4)

5.6 (± 1.4)

5.3 (± 1.0)

  1. Data presented as mean (SD). Li-thermal = lithium-thermal indicator dilution; ICG-thermal = indocyanine green-thermal indicator dilution.