Volume responsiveness assessment by transthoracic echocardiography and the application in pediatric intensive care unit / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Fluid resuscitation is the primary step in the management of acute circulation failure,aims to make a significant increase in cardiac output,and then providing adequate blood perfusion for peripheral tissues.According to Frank-Starling curve,the positive outcome only occurs in patients within a certain range of cardiac function,while in other conditions fluid overload would immediately increase the mortality. Distinguish-ing volume responders form non-responders effectively is still a serious problem common to adult and pediatric physicians at intensive care unit.Volume responsiveness assessment using transthoracic echocar-diography has become a research hotspot during the past few years,this review aims to make a summary of those findings as well as the present situation in pediatric field.