Critical Care Practicioner - May 12, 2015 - By Jonathan Downham
(Originally posted By Gavin Denton on 2015-01-14)
"The bottom line.
- Half of patients who have signs of haemodynamic compromise will not be fluid responsive.
- Measuring the difference in stroke volume or cardiac before and after a passive leg raise is a highly sensitive and specific test of fluid responsiveness.
- The mode of cardiac output monitoring probably does not matter as it is the percentage change that is important rather than a specific number."
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