EBQ:Caval index

incomplete Journal Club Article

Nagdev AD, Merchant RC, Tirado-Gonzalez A, Sisson CA, Murphy MC.. "Emergency department bedside ultrasonographic measurement of the caval index for noninvasive determination of low central venous pressure.". Ann Emerg Med.. 2010. 3(55):290-295.
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Clinical Question

• Can emergency medicine physicians performing beside ultrasound measurement of the caval index predict a central venous pressure of less than 8 mmHg in emergency department patients?

Conclusion

• Bedside ultrasound to measure the caval index can be a useful tool for emergency medicine physicians to predict patients with a central venous pressure of less than 8 mmHg.
• Specifically collapsibility of greater than 50% with respiration can indicate intravascular volume status.