Clinical Study

Hemodynamic Changes during a Deep Inspiration Maneuver Predict Fluid Responsiveness in Spontaneously Breathing Patients

Table 2

Velocity peak of femoral artery flow during quiet spontaneous breathing and deep inspiration maneuver in healthy volunteers.

VF during quiet spontaneousVF during deep inspiration ΔVF (%) ΔVFdim (%)
breathing (cm/s)maneuver (cm/s)
InspirationExhalationPhase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4

181.292.273.292.16492.912.713.4
26472.35971.255.476.512.217.8
371.882.862.182.951.78814.220.3
475.783.568.182.652.187.89.814.8
556.161.35066.936.464.88.917.6
686.891.681.399.676.388.85.413.7
Mean ± SD72.6 ± 11.280.6 ± 11.965.6 ± 1182.6 ± 12.356 ± 13.483.1 ± 10.510.5 ± 3.216.2 ± 2.7a

VF, velocity peak of femoral artery flow; ΔVF, respiration-induced change in VF; ΔVFdim, deep-inspiration-maneuver-induced change in VF. versus ΔVF. Values are expressed as mean ± SD.