Prone position affects stroke volume variation performance in predicting fluid responsiveness in neurosurgical patients.

CONCLUSIONS: In ventilated patients with low tidal volume, a prone position may have a direct effect on the heart that alters the performance of SVV in predicting fluid responsiveness. External factor such as prone position renders difficult the interpretation of SVV as a dynamic indicator of cardiac preload. PMID: 25263024 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25263024?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Anestesiologica - November 16, 2014 Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Minerva Anestesiol Source Type: research