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Passive leg raise

Find Passive leg raise in Maneuvers. Transient redistribution of venous blood toward the thorax tests preload responsiveness without an infused fluid bolus. CO increases only with adequate cardiac reserve; congestion may rise with little output benefit.

Overview

Open Interventions → Maneuvers. Choose Off, Active. Effect levels and flow targets represent illustrative modeled responses; they are not clinical dose instructions.

Transient redistribution of venous blood toward the thorax tests preload responsiveness without an infused fluid bolus. CO increases only with adequate cardiac reserve; congestion may rise with little output benefit.

The paused reference covers the route (Reposition from semi-recumbent to supine with legs elevated about 45 degrees, then restore the starting position.), example doses/settings, indications, adverse effects, contraindications/precautions and monitoring. These details are available after the intervention is selected.

What to monitor in the reference: Measure change in stroke volume/CO rather than BP alone and confirm reversibility. The selected phenotype is illustrative: RAP or wedge alone cannot predict clinical responsiveness.

Step by step

  1. Inspect the untreated disease and active treatment count.
  2. Apply the intervention and compare pressures, forward flow, rhythm and congestion.
  3. Pause for its full reference; use Off or Interventions Reset to restart the comparison.

References & further reading

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