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Published in: Critical Care 5/2009

01-10-2009 | Letter

Stroke volume and passive leg raising predict volume responsiveness in ICU patients: who is actually responsive?

Authors: Jasper van Bommel, Eva Klijn

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 5/2009

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With much interest we read the article by Thiel and coworkers [1], who clearly demonstrate how a completely non-invasive technique can be used to determine changes in cardiac stroke volume in response to a passive leg raise maneuver (PLR) and actual fluid administration. Still, I have some questions. …
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1.
Thiel SW, Kollef MH, Isakow W: Non-invasive stroke volume measurement and passive leg raising predict volume responsiveness in medical ICU patients: an observational cohort study. Crit Care 2009, 13: R111. 10.1186/cc7955PubMedCentralCrossRefPubMed
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Monnet X, Teboul J: Passive leg raising. Int Care Med 2008, 34: 659-663. 10.1007/s00134-008-0994-yCrossRef
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Title
Stroke volume and passive leg raising predict volume responsiveness in ICU patients: who is actually responsive?
Authors
Jasper van Bommel
Eva Klijn
Publication date
01-10-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 5/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc8139

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