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The passive leg-raising maneuver cannot accurately predict fluid responsiveness in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension.
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PMID:  20639753     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: The passive leg-raising maneuver is a reversible fluid-loading procedure used to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. The aim of the present study was to determine whether intra-abdominal hypertension (which impairs venous return) reduces the ability of passive leg raising to detect fluid responsiveness in critically ill ventilated patients. DESIGN: A prospective study. SETTING: The medical and surgical intensive care unit of a university medical center. PATIENTS: Forty-one mechanically ventilated patients with a pulse pressure variation of >12%. INTERVENTIONS: Stroke volume was continuously monitored by esophageal Doppler. Intra-abdominal pressure was measured via bladder pressure. After a passive leg-raising maneuver and a return to baseline, fluid loading with 500 mL of saline was performed. Hemodynamic parameters were recorded at each step. Nonresponders to volume loading were not analyzed (10 patients). Thirty-one patients were classified into two groups according to their response to passive leg raising: responders to passive leg raising (at least a 12% increase in stroke volume) and nonresponders to passive leg raising. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Sixteen patients (52%) were responders to passive leg raising, and 15 (48%) were nonresponders to passive leg raising (i.e., false negatives). At baseline, the median intra-abdominal pressure was significantly higher in the nonresponders to passive leg raising than in the responders to passive leg raising (20 [6.5] vs. 11.5 [5.5], respectively; p < .0001). The area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve was 0.969 +/- 0.033. An intra-abdominal pressure cutoff value of 16 mm Hg discriminated between responders to passive leg raising and nonresponders to passive leg raising with a sensitivity of 100% (confidence interval, 78-100) and a specificity of 87.5% (confidence interval, 61.6-98.1). An intra-abdominal pressure of > or =16 mm Hg was the only independent predictor of nonresponse to passive leg raising in a multivariate analysis (odds ratio, 2.6 [confidence interval, 1.1-6.6]; p = .04). CONCLUSIONS: An intra-abdominal pressure of > or =16 mm Hg seems to be responsible for false negatives to passive leg raising. Hence, the intra-abdominal pressure should be measured in critically ill ventilated patients, especially before performing passive leg raising.
Authors:
Yazine Mahjoub; Jérémie Touzeau; Norair Airapetian; Emmanuel Lorne; Mustapha Hijazi; Elie Zogheib; François Tinturier; Michel Slama; Hervé Dupont
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical care medicine     Volume:  38     ISSN:  1530-0293     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Care Med.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-20     Completed Date:  2010-09-27     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0355501     Medline TA:  Crit Care Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1824-9     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Medical and Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Amiens University Medical Center, Amiens, France. mahjoub.yazine@chu-amiens.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abdomen*
Compartment Syndromes / physiopathology*
Female
Fluid Therapy*
Humans
Hypertension / complications
Leg / physiopathology*
Male
Middle Aged
Predictive Value of Tests
Pressure
Prospective Studies
Respiration, Artificial
Treatment Outcome
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Comment In:
Crit Care Med. 2010 Sep;38(9):1912-5   [PMID:  20724891 ]

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