Background In critical care medicine, US views of the inferior vena cava (IVC) and its
change with respiration are used to estimate the intravascular volume status of unwell …

Methods Volunteers were evaluated by three experienced emergency physician
sonographers (EP). Gray scale (B-mode) and motion-mode (M-mode) diameters were …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hypovolemic shock is an important cause of death in the
emergency department (ED). We sought to conduct a meta-analysis to quantify existing …

Purpose Inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter and variation are commonly measured in the
supine position to estimate intravascular volume status of critically ill patients. Many scientific …

Introduction Determination of intravascular volume status in patients admitted to the
emergency centre is critical. Physical signs of hypovolaemic, distributive, cardiogenic, and …

Objective The objective of our study is to assess the correlation between inferior vena cava
(IVC) diameters, central venous pressure (CVP) and the IVC collapsibility index for …

Background Ultrasound of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a noninvasive and rapidly
obtainable method of intravascular volume assessment; however not all patients can lie …

Introduction Early assessment of volume status is paramount in critically ill patients. Central
venous pressure (CVP) measurement and ultrasound assessment of the inferior vena cava …

BACKGROUND In search of a standardized noninvasive assessment of intravascular
volume status, we prospectively compared the sonographic inferior vena cava collapsibility …

Aims: We therefore evaluated the limits of agreement between the IVC diameter
measurement and variation in subcostal and that by the lateral transhepatic view. Settings …