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Can transthoracic echocardiography predict fluid responsiveness in shock after a mini-fluid challenge?

Can transthoracic echocardiography predict fluid responsiveness in shock after 50 ml crystal solution over 10 seconds? A mini-fluid challenge study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN10524328
Enrollment
55
Registered
2013-12-12
Start date
2013-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-08-21

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Conditions

Hypovolemic or septic shock Signs and Symptoms Hypovolaemic shock, septic shock

Interventions

The study will involve 55 mechanically ventilated adults with hypovolemic or septic shock. The attending physician clinically determined the need for volume expansion (VE). If patients were treated wi
Amsterdam, the Netherlands) with a 3-5 MHz phased-array probe. M-mode (time-motion) echocardiography was employed at the level of the aortic annulus in a two-dimensional view from the parasternal long

Sponsors

Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University (China)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Evidence of inadequate tissue perfusion with acute circulatory failure defined as a systolic arterial pressure of 90 mmHg (or a decrease of 40 mmHg in a patient with hypertension) 2. Urine output below 0.5 ml/kg/h for over 1 h 3. Tachycardia (heart rate < 100/min) 4. Mottled skin 5. Clinical diseases of hypovolemic or septic shock associated with a systemic inflammatory response syndrome 6. Septic shock 7. Controlled massive hemorrhage 8. The attending physician clinically determined the need for volume expansion (VE)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age < 18 years 2. Moribund 3. Cardiomyopathy 4. Pulmonary edema 5. Increased intracranial pressure 6. Pregnancy 7. Active bleeding 8. Atrial fibrillation 9. Cardiac arrhythmias 10. Myocardial ischemia or infarction within 1 month before the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Cardiac output (CO) 2. Stroke volume (SV) 3. Aortic velocity time index (VTI) 4. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) compared CO variations after 50 ml over 10 s (?CO50) and 500 ml over 15 min (?CO500) and the variation of VTI after infusion of 50 ml fluid over 10 s (?VTI50)

Countries

China

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026