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01-03-2010 | Poster presentation
The value of pulse pressure variation to predict volume response in patients ventilated with low VT
Authors:
GF Friedman, CD Costa, SR Vieira, L Fialkow
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2010
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Excerpt
The prediction value of pulse pressure variation (ΔPP) in patients ventilated with low VT is not well studied. A ΔPP of 12 to 13% is validated as a predictor of volume response in several studies, but in patients ventilated with VT >8 ml/kg. One study has shown that the ΔPP of 12 to 13% does not predict volume response in patients ventilated with a low VT. We hypothesized that a lower cut-off value for ΔPP can predict volume response in patients with low VT. …