Pedro de la Oliva, Juan J Menéndez-Suso, Mabel Iglesias-Bouzas, Elena Álvarez-Rojas, José M González-Gómez, Patricia Roselló, Juan I Sánchez-Díaz, Susana Jaraba
OBJECTIVES: To characterize cardiac preload responsiveness in pediatric patients with cardiovascular dysfunction and dilated cardiomyopathy using global end-diastolic volume index, stroke volume index, cardiac index, and extravascular lung water index. DESIGN: Prospective multicenter observational study. SETTING: Medical/surgical PICUs of seven Spanish University Medical Centers. PATIENTS: Seventy-five pediatric patients (42 male, 33 female), median age 36 months (range, 1-207 mo), were divided into three groups: normal cardiovascular status, cardiovascular dysfunction, and dilated cardiomyopathy...
January 2015: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine