Simplified Inferior Vena Cava Collapsiblity

Fluid administration is a cornerstone therapy in critically ill patient. Fluid restriction or overload can therefore change patient's outcome and mortality. Close monitoring of PR (capacity of increase the cardiac output after fluid therapy) is recommended by experts' guidelines. Few bedside simple tests are available to predict PR in spontaneously breathing patients. A team of investigators from Lille (Roger Salengro hospital) have already showed that inferior vena cava collapsibility (cVCI) accuracy of prediction of PR is excellent in standardized sponteanous breathing patient. However, the standardized inspiration maneuver remains challenging because requiring specific and non-widely available equipment.