Does preoperatively detected IVCCI ≧50% predict postinduction hypotension in spontaneously breathing preoperative noncardiac surgical patients?
Preoperative IVCCI ≧50% is a specific but not sensitive noninvasive predictor of postinduction hypotension in noncardiac surgical patients.
In spontaneously breathing preoperative noncardiac surgical patients, preoperatively detected IVCCI≧50% can predict postinduction hypotension with high specificity but low sensitivity. Despite moderate performance, IVCCI is an easy, noninvasive and attractive option to identify patients at risk and should be explored further.
Szabó et al. (Wed,) studied this question.