Methods We conducted a prospective, blinded observational trial where both pulmonary
artery occlusion pressures (PAOP) and VPWs were measured in patients admitted to the ICU. …

… A, A portable chest radiograph (CR) of a 52-year-old woman with pulmonary edema who
has a vascular pedicle width (VPW) measured at 79 mm. B, The same patient after having …

… Portable chest x-rays (CXR) are obtained frequently in patients with ALI. In previous studies,
the vascular pedicle width … ), which are both easily measured on most portable CXRs [5], has …

… ill patients using portable chest X-rays: Measurement of the vascular pedicle width. Ind J Crit
… Evaluation of correlation between vascular pedicle width and intravascular volume status in …

… In many departments, chest X-rays still constitute nearly half of the work load and will be part
… Modern-day chest X-rays are taken at 140 kV and present a ‘greyish’, but far more optimal …

… The vascular pedicle width (VPW) measured on chest … ultrasound assessment and
vascular pedicle width and to … was measured on standardized, portable chest radiographs …

… chest radiologists independently reviewed CXRs without clinical information and recorded
the cardiothoracic (CT) ratio, vascular pedicle width … Portable, supine chest X-rays (CXRs) are …

… The chest X-rays were obtained within 2 days of the cardiac MRI study. The … dimensions
and function. Other X-ray-derived parameters such as peribronchial cuffing or vascular pedicle …

… X-rays are very short wavelengths of electromagnetic … , up to 50% of all chest radiographs
are obtained with portable x-ray … the horizontal width of the heart and dividing that width by the …

… vascular pedicle width (VPW), which represents the mediastinal silhouette of the great vessels
on chest X-rays … position since almost every sample was portable and taken in the spine …