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The gray zone of the qualitative assessment of respiratory changes in inferior vena cava diameter in ICU patients

INTRODUCTION: Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a useful tool for minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the ICU. Dynamic indices (such as the inferior vena cava distensibility index (dIVC)) can be used to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. Although quantit...

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Autores principales: Duwat, Antoine, Zogheib, Elie, Guinot, Pierre Grégoire, Levy, Franck, Trojette, Faouzi, Diouf, Momar, Slama, Michel, Dupont, Hervé
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24423180
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc13693