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Review
. 2013 Aug;34(4):508-15.
doi: 10.1055/s-0033-1351127. Epub 2013 Aug 11.

The role for invasive monitoring in acute lung injury

Greg S Martin  1
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Review

The role for invasive monitoring in acute lung injury

Greg S Martin. Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Aug.

Abstract

Because acute lung injury (ALI) may arise from diverse and heterogeneous clinical insults, monitoring strategies for patients with ALI are heterogeneous as well. This review divides the monitoring strategies for ALI into three distinct phases. The "at-risk phase" is the period in which patients are at risk for ALI, and interventions may be applied to minimize or eliminate this risk. The "ALI phase" is the period during which ALI has occurred and requires attentive clinical management. The "resolution phase" is the period defined by resolution of ALI and successful discontinuation of mechanical ventilation. These phases are arbitrary, but they provide a useful framework for discussing the temporal changes in patient condition and monitoring goals in ALI.Invasive hemodynamic monitoring has specific roles in each phase of therapy for patients with ALI: pre-ALI, peri-ALI, and post-ALI. The primary goals are to optimize fluid resuscitation to prevent organ dysfunction, including ALI, and if ALI occurs to additional optimize fluid balance vis-à-vis the lung. By judicious application of invasive hemodynamic monitoring, particularly in its more modern iterations, clinicians can optimize the ebb and flow phases common to critically ill patients. This is vitally important given our current and growing understanding of the relationship between fluid balance and important clinical outcomes, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, and mortality.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict disclosure statement: Dr. Martin serves on the Medical Advisory Board for Pulsion Medical Systems and has previously conducted research using equipment from Cardiodynamics (now part of Sonosite, Incorporated). Dr. Martin currently lectures on this topic at hemodynamic monitoring courses for the American Thoracic Society and at the International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine.

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Figure 1
The effect of increasing hydrostatic pressure on the potentially competing and related physiological outcomes of cardiac output (CO) and pulmonary edema (extravascular lung water, EVLW). Note that increasing hydrostatic pressure may differentially affect CO and EVLW, depending on the shape of the two curves. Considering these two measures together allows for more precise clinical management and determination of an optimal preload for CO, EVLW or both. Reproduced from: Marik PE. Hemodynamic parameters to guide fluid therapy. Transfusion Alter Transfusion Med 2010; 11(3): 102–112.
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Figure 2
Relationship in sepsis-induced ALI patients between clinical outcomes (the risk of in-hospital death) and the combination of appropriate delivery of early-goal directed therapy along with subsequent liberal or conservative fluid management. Reproduced from Murphy, et al.
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Figure 3
Theoretical depiction of how monitoring priorities may change based upon the condition and temporal phase of a prototypical patient with septic shock and acute lung injury.
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