Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học quốc tế cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Changes in stroke volume induced by passive leg raising in spontaneously breathing patients: comparison between echocardiography and Vigileo™/FloTrac™ device. | Available online http content 13 6 R195 Research Changes in stroke volume induced by passive leg raising in spontaneously breathing patients comparison between echocardiography and Vigileo FloTrac device Matthieu Biais Lionel Vidil Philippe Sarrabay Vincent Cottenceau Philippe Revel and Franpois Sztark Service d Anesthesie Réanimation 1 Hôpital Pellegrin CHU Bordeaux Place Amélie Raba-Léon 33076 Bordeaux Cedex France Corresponding author Matthieu Biais Received 27 Aug 2009 Revisions requested 18 Oct 2009 Revisions received 28 Oct 2009 Accepted 7 Dec 2009 Published 7 Dec 2009 Critical Care 2009 13 R195 doi cc8195 This article is online at http content 13 6 R1 95 2009 Biais et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Passive leg raising PLR is a simple reversible maneuver that mimics rapid fluid loading and increases cardiac preload. The effects of this endogenous volume expansion on stroke volume enable the testing of fluid responsiveness with accuracy in spontaneously breathing patients. However this maneuver requires the determination of stroke volume with a fast-response device because the hemodynamic changes may be transient. The Vigileo monitor Vigileo Flotrac Edwards Lifesciences Irvine CA USA analyzes systemic arterial pressure wave and allows continuous stroke volume monitoring. The aims of this study were i to compare changes in stroke volume induced by passive leg raising measured with the Vigileo device and with transthoracic echocardiography and ii to compare their ability to predict fluid responsiveness. Methods Thirty-four patients with spontaneous breathing activity and considered for volume expansion .