Assessment of volume responsiveness during mechanical ventilation

Assessment of volume responsiveness during mechanical ventilation: recent advances. Critical care, March 2013, R: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 (ICU). 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.