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McAuley et al. Critical Care 2010,14:189 /content/14/4/189 COMMENTARY Assessing the quantity of pulmonary edema in critically ill children Daniel F McAuley *, Lisa M Brown and Michael A Matthay 1,2 3,4 4,5 See related research by Lemson et al., /content/14/3/R105 measurement of EVLW is an independent predictor for Abstract death in adult patients with acute lung injury (ALI) irrespective of etiology [7-9]. Furthermore, EVLW can be pharmacologically manipulated i