The utility of the pleth variability index in predicting anesthesia-induced hypotension in geriatric patients.

CONCLUSION: Predicting hypotension in geriatric patients is an important issue for anesthesiologists. As an easily applicable test, The Pleth Variability Index is useful in predicting MAP reduction in patients. This practical technique can be used routinely in all geriatric patient groups. PMID: 32892541 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32892541?dopt=Abstract

Source: Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences - September 9, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Turk J Med Sci Source Type: research