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Table 1 Main advantages and limitations of dynamic indices and maneuvers developed to predict fluid responsiveness (chronologic order from top to bottom)

From: Perioperative hemodynamic optimization: from guidelines to implementation—an experts’ opinion paper

Methods (year of first validation)

Main advantages

Main limitations

PPV (2000)

Automatically calculated by most bedside monitors

Need for general anesthesia, an arterial line and a tidal volume > 7 ml/kg

SVV (2001)

Automatically calculated by most CO monitors

Need for a CO monitor, general anesthesia, an arterial line and a tidal volume > 7 ml/kg

Changes in CO during a PLR maneuver (2006)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Need for a CO monitor, PLR maneuver difficult to perform during surgery

PVI (2008)

Non-invasive from a pulse ox

Need for general anesthesia and a tidal volume > 7 ml/kg, influenced by peripheral perfusion

Changes in SV during an EEO test (2009)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Need for a CO monitor, prone to error measurements (small magnitude of changes in SV)

Changes in SV during a mini-fluid challenge (2011)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Need for a CO monitor, prone to error measurements (small magnitude of changes in SV)

Changes in PPV during a mini-fluid challenge (2015)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Prone to error measurements (small magnitude of changes in PPV)

Changes in PPV during a Vt challenge (2017)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Prone to error measurements (small magnitude of changes in PPV)

Changes in SV during a LRM (2017)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW

Need for a CO monitor

Changes in PI during a PLR maneuver (2019)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW, non-invasive (pulse ox)

Influenced by peripheral perfusion, PLR maneuver difficult to perform during surgery

Low level of scientific validation

Changes in PI during a LRM (2020)

Useful when Vt < 7 ml/kg IBW, non-invasive (pulse ox)

Influenced by peripheral perfusion

Low level of scientific validation

  1. CO cardiac output, EEO end-expiratory occlusion, IBW ideal body weight, LRM lung recruitment maneuver, PI perfusion index, PLR passive leg raising, PPV pulse pressure variation, Pulse ox pulse oximetry, PVI pleth variability index, SV stroke volume, SVV stroke volume variation, Vt tidal volume