RTTNews | Aug 23, 2021 02:28AM EDT

02:28 Monday, August 23, 2021 (RTTNews.com) - Masimo (MASI) said researchers found that the fluid removed by hemodialysis in spontaneously breathing patients caused an increase in PVi and that the increase was strongly correlated with the amount of volume change.

Bedside monitoring of PVi, which is a noninvasive, fast, reproducible measurement parameter, may provide the clinicians with useful information for monitoring the volume status and evaluating the effectiveness of volumerestoration therapy in critically ill patients with spontaneous breathing.

The company announced the findings of a study published in the Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine in which Seda Daar and Hseyin Uzunosmanolu at the Kecioren Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey investigated the role that noninvasive, continuous Masimo PVi might play in monitoring volume status and volume changes in spontaneously breathing patients undergoing hemodialysis (HD).

The company noted that the accuracy of PVi in predicting fluid responsiveness is variable and influenced by numerous patient, procedure, and device-related factors. PVi measures the variation in the plethysmography amplitude but does not provide measurements of stroke volume or cardiac output. Fluid management decisions should be based on a complete assessment of the patient's condition and should not be based solely on PVi.

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