Assessment of volume responsiveness during mechanical ventilation: Recent advances

Assessment of volume responsiveness during mechanical ventilation: Recent advances.  Critical care, March 2013, 17: 217.

Monnet, X. and Teboul, J-L.

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Predicting which patients with acute circulatory failure will respond to fluid by a significant increase in cardiac output is a daily challenge, in particular in the setting of the intensive care unit. This challenge has become even more crucial because evidence is growing that administering excessive amounts of fluid is a risk factor in critically ill patients, in particular in patients with lung injury.