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Table 4 How do you routinely assess the hemodynamic effects of volume expansion?

From: Hemodynamic monitoring and management in patients undergoing high risk surgery: a survey among North American and European anesthesiologists

 

ASA respondents (n = 203)

ESA respondents (n = 162)

Answer options

Response percent

Response percent

Increase in blood pressure

92.1%

75.3%

Increase in urine output

84.7%

73.5%

Decrease in heart rate

74.4%

75.3%

Increase in cardiac output

59.1%

54.3%

Decrease in pulse pressure variation or systolic pressure variation

56.7%

54.9%

Decrease in plethysmographic waveform variation

28.6%

25.9%

Increase in mixed venous saturation (SvO2)

22.2%

18.5%

Decrease in stroke volume variation

21.7%

35.2%

Increase in central venous saturation (SvO2)

19.2%

27.8%

  1. ASA, American society of anesthesiology respondents; ESA, European society of anaesthesiology respondents.