Relation between preoperative fasting time and the plestimographic variability index (PVI)
- Journal of Anesthesia & Critical Care: Open Access
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Luis E Carreto, Erandy G. Rangel, Kimberly Montes
Abstract
Preoperative fasting can also lead to physiological deleterious effects such as dehydration, and hypovolemia. The Plethysmographic Variability Index (PVI, Masimo Corp, Irvine, CA, USA), is a dynamic measurement and its variability could be related to hydration status.
Keywords
Index of plestimographic variability (PVI) and preoperative fasting
