Paediatric anaesthesia
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jun 2013
Observational StudyPlethysmographic variability index (PVI) accuracy in predicting fluid responsiveness in anesthetized children.
Plethysmographic Variability Index (PVI) has been shown to accurately predict responsiveness to fluid loads in adults. The goal of this study was to evaluate PVI accuracy when predicting fluid responsiveness during noncardiac surgery in children. ⋯ This study found both PVI and prechallenge SVI to be accurate when used to predict fluid load response during anesthetized noncardiac surgery in children. However, a third of recorded PVI values were inconclusive.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jun 2013
Historical ArticleThe child in hospital--changes in the last 50 years.