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A prospective observational study of stroke volume responsiveness to a passive leg raise manoeuvre in healthy non‐starved volunteers as assessed by transthoracic echocardiography
Author(s) -
Godfrey G. E. P.,
Dubrey S. W.,
Handy J. M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/anae.12560
Subject(s) - medicine , stroke volume , supine position , stroke (engine) , cardiology , bolus (digestion) , population , prospective cohort study , anesthesia , physical therapy , heart rate , blood pressure , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering
Summary Current guidelines for intra‐operative fluid management recommend the use of increments in stroke volume following intravenous fluid bolus administration as a guide to subsequent fluid therapy. To study the physiological premise of this paradigm, we tested the hypothesis that healthy, non‐starved volunteers would develop an increment in their stroke volume following a passive leg raise manoeuvre. Subjects were positioned supine and stroke volume was measured by transthoracic echocardiography at baseline, 30 s, 1 min, 3 min and 5 min after passive leg raise manoeuvre to 45 ° . Stroke volume was measured at end‐expiration during quiet breathing, as the mean of three sequential measurements. Seventeen healthy volunteers were recruited; one volunteer in whom it was not possible to obtain Doppler measurements and a further five for reasons of poor Doppler image quality were not included in the study. Mean ( SD ) percentage difference from baseline to the largest change in stroke volume was 5.7 (9.6)% (p = 0.16). Of the 11 volunteers evaluated, five (45%) had stroke volume increases of greater than 10%. Mean ( SD ) maximum percentage change in cardiac index was 14.8 (9.7)% (p = 0.004). A wide variation in baseline stroke volume and response to the passive leg raise manoeuvre was seen, suggesting greater heterogeneity in the normal population than current clinical guidelines recognise.