• Intensive care medicine · Mar 2003

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    Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive care.

    • Karim Bendjelid and Jacques-A Romand.
    • Surgical Intensive Care Division, Geneva University Hospitals, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. Karim.Bendjelid@hcuge.ch
    • Intensive Care Med. 2003 Mar 1;29(3):352-60.

    ObjectiveIn mechanically ventilated patients the indices which assess preload are used with increasing frequency to predict the hemodynamic response to volume expansion. We discuss the clinical utility and accuracy of some indices which were tested as bedside indicators of preload reserve and fluid responsiveness in hypotensive patients under positive pressure ventilation.Results And ConclusionsAlthough preload assessment can be obtained with fair accuracy, the clinical utility of volume responsiveness-guided fluid therapy still needs to be demonstrated. Indeed, it is still not clear whether any form of monitoring-guided fluid therapy improves survival.

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