A Non-invasive Approach to the Assessment of Volume Status in Mechanically Ventilated Septic Patients.

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Severe Sepsis; Septic Shock

Treatments: Procedure: sonographic measurement of inferior caval vein diameter

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00398736

Caval vein sonography

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the use of sonographic inferior caval vein assessment in mechanically ventilated septic patients.

Volume assessment in mechanically ventilated patients with inflammation is of major importance to guide fluid therapy. The researchers investigated whether measurement of caval vein diameter correlates with invasively assessed volume-based hemodynamic parameters.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18-90
• presence of severe sepsis and septic shock
• invasive hemodynamic monitoring using the picco system