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Figure 2. 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 10,900 mL net fluid removed 10 days later. Portable CR showed a VPW of 56 mm. Figure adapted and produced with permission from Ely and Haponik.

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