Passive Leg Raise and Mini-fluid Challenge Effect on Various Cardiac Output Surrogates Such as Pulse Pressure Variation (PPV), End-tidal CO2 (Carbon Dioxide), Bioreactance (Stroke Volume Index -SVI) and Velocity Time Integral on Echocardiographic Exam for Fluid Responsiveness in Patients With Moderately Severe ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome)

Summary

In the critically ill population, fluid administration in an unstable patient is perhaps the most common intervention that is performed. Uncorrected hypovolemia with inappropriate vasopressors lead to organ hypoperfusion where as overzealous fluid administration especially in ARDS (Adult respiratory distress syndrome) can increase mortality. It has been estimated that only 50% of hemodynamically unstable critically ill patients are volume responsive, hence dynamic assessment of preload responsiveness has been proposed to better identify those individuals who would benefit from fluid bolus.

Description

Eligibility

Age range

30–90 years

Sex

All

Healthy volunteers

No

Interventions

• Diagnostic Test
  Passive leg raise, SVI via bioreactance, Echo based VTI

  No interventions other than fluid challenge

Location