Erschienen in:
03.02.2016 | Understanding the Disease
Understanding the passive leg raising test
verfasst von:
Anders Aneman, Soren Sondergaard
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 9/2016
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Excerpt
Supporting an adequate intravascular volume is a cornerstone in treating the haemodynamically unstable patient. Clinical studies provide guidance when selecting fluids but a simple, safe and reproducible method to assess fluid responsiveness remains elusive. Central venous pressure or other static pressures, while seemingly ubiquitous in clinical practice [
1], do not indicate the volume state [
2]. It is in this context that the passive leg raising (PLR) test has emerged. …