Ability of respiratory pulse pressure variation to predict fluid responsiveness in ARDS still an unanswered question.docVIP

Mallat et al. Critical Care 2011,15:432 /content/15/3/432 LET TER Ability of respiratory pulse pressure variation to predict ? uid responsiveness in ARDS: still an unanswered question? Jihad Mallat*, Malcolm Lemyze and Didier Thevenin See related research by Lakhal et al., /content/15/2/R85 We read with interest the study of Lakhal and colleagues [1] suggesting that respiratory pulse pressure variation high plateau pressure. Moreover, in ARDS patients ventilated with low Vt, application of relatively high levels (PPV) is not an accurate predictor of ? uid responsiven