Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Oct 2020
The predictive ability of carotid artery corrected flow time and respirophasic variation in blood flow peak velocity measured by ultrasonography for fluid responsiveness in parturients for cesarean delivery.
Ultrasonic measurements of carotid artery corrected flow time (FTc) and respirophasic variation in blood flow peak velocity (ΔV
peak ) were recently introduced to predict fluid responsiveness in non-obstetric patients. We designed the present study to evaluate the performance of these two ultrasonic indices in predicting fluid responsiveness in healthy parturients. ⋯ Compared with IVCins , IVCexp and IVCCI, FTc and ΔVpeak measured by ultrasonography seem to be the highly feasible and reliable methods to predict fluid responsiveness in parturients with spontaneous breathing undergoing elective cesarean delivery.