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Figure 4

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

Figure 4

Evolution in PI and PVI. Shown is the volution in Perfusion Index (PI) and Pleth Variability Index (PVI) during changes in body position over a 15-minute period in an illustrative volunteer. Also shown (at the bottom of the figure) are the raw plethysmographic waveforms at baseline1, passive leg raising (PLR), and baseline2. We observed an increase in PI after PLR and a decrease in PI as the volunteer was positioned in the semirecumbent position (baseline 2; see arrows). At the same time, we observed inverse changes in PVI. Specifically, PVI exhibited a slight increase during PLR that was related to a signal artefact in PI. Raw plethysmographic waveforms corroborate PVI values.

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