Predicting Fluid Responsiveness Using Bedside Ultrasound Measurements of the Inferior Vena Cava and Physician Gestalt in the Emergency Department of an Urban Public Hospital in Sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Bedside inferior vena cava (IVC) ultrasound has been proposed as a non-invasive measure of volume status. We compared ultrasound measurements of the caval index (CI) and physician gestalt to predict blood pressure response in patients requiring intravenous fluid resuscitation. METHODS: T...

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Pubblicato in:PLoS One
Autori principali: Sawe, Hendry Robert, Haeffele, Cathryn, Mfinanga, Juma A., Mwafongo, Victor G., Reynolds, Teri A.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5038941/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677085
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162772
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