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From: Ability of pleth variability index to detect hemodynamic changes induced by passive leg raising in spontaneously breathing volunteers

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Study protocol. A first set of measurements was taken with volunteers in the semirecumbent position (45°; baseline1 position), when volunteers were quietly and spontaneously breathing after 5 minutes of rest. Then, the lower limbs were lifted straight (45°) with the trunk lowered in the supine position (passive leg raising [PLR] position), and volunteers were left in this position for 5 minutes. A second set of measurements was obtained 3 minutes after leg elevation. We chose not to record data after 1 minute after PLR because we observed significant artefacts in the pulse oximeter waveforms that cast doubt on any interpretation. A third set of measurements was recorded after 5 minutes rest in the semirecumbent position, as in the baseline1 position (baseline2 position). Responders to volume expansion induced by PLR were defined as those volunteers exhibited more than 12.5% [13] increase in cardiac output after PLR.

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