To assess the trending ability of calibrated pulse contour cardiac index (CIPC) monitoring during haemodynamic changes (passive leg raising [PLR] and fluid loading) compared with transpulmonary thermodilution CI (CITD).


 Although ΔCIPC after fluid loading could track the direction of changes of CITD and was interchangeable with bolus transpulmonary thermodilution, PLR could not predict fluid responsiveness in cardiac surgery patients.
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