The passive leg-raising maneuver cannot accurately predict fluid responsiveness in patients with intra-abdominal hypertension*

Yazine Mahjoub, Jérémie Touzeau, Norair Airapetian, Emmanuel Lorne, Mustapha Hijazi, Élie Zogheib, François Tinturier, Michel Slama, Hervé Dupont

Critical Care Medicine · 2010 · 184 citations · 32 references

Abstract

An intra-abdominal pressure of > or =16 mm Hg seems to be responsible for false negatives to passive leg raising. Hence, the intra-abdominal pressure should be measured in critically ill ventilated patients, especially before performing passive leg raising.

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