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Table 2 Calculation of normal extravascular lung water for males and females

From: Validation of extravascular lung water measurement by single transpulmonary thermodilution: human autopsy study

Male

Female

EVLW = [0.56 × normal lung weight (in grams)] - 58 = [0.56 × 878] - 58 = 433.7

EVLW = [0.56 × normal lung weight (in grams)] - 58 = [0.56 × 636] - 58 = 298.2

Standard deviation: 189.8

Standard deviation: 134.4

Normal EVLW = 433.7 ± 189.8 mL

Normal EVLW = 298.2 ± 134.4 mL

Normal EVLWp = 7.5 ± 3.3 mL/kg

Normal EVLWp = 7.3 ± 3.3 mL/kg

  1. EVLW, extravascular lung water; EVLWp, extravascular lung water indexed to predicted body weight.