Pulmonary complications and water retention in prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Adolescent Adult Aged Body Weight Child Diuretics/therapeutic use Edema/etiology Female Heart Failure/etiology Hematocrit Humans Lung/physiopathology Lung Compliance Male Middle Aged Oxygen/blood Positive-Pressure Respiration/adverse effects Pulmonary Edema/diagnostic imaging,etiology Radiography Respiration, Artificial/adverse effects Respiratory Function Tests Respiratory Insufficiency/therapy Sodium/blood Vasopressins/metabolism Water-Electrolyte Balance

Diuretics Vasopressins Sodium Oxygen