Passive leg raising test in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension: do not throw it

Department of Critical Care Medicine, Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital, Sorbonne University, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Inserm UMR S_1158, Sorbonne University, Paris, France; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Bicêtre Hospital, Paris-Saclay University, Assistance publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; Inserm UMR S_999, Paris-Saclay University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France Correspondence to: Alexandra Beurton, MD, PhD. Service de pneumologie médecine intensive réanimation, Hôpital de la Pitié Salpêtrière, 47-83 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France. Email: alexandra.beurton@aphp.fr. Provenance: This is an invited article commissioned by the Section Editor Dr. Guo-Wei Tu (Department of Critical Care Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China). Response to: Minini A, Abraham P, Malbrain MLNG. Predicting fluid responsiveness with the passive leg raising test: don’t be fooled by intraabdominal hypertension! Ann Transl Med 2019. doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.12.14.