title: The effect of weight-based volume loading on the inferior vena cava in fasting subjects: a prospective randomized double-blinded trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Inferior vena cava ultrasound (IVC-US) assessment has been proposed as a noninvasive method of assessing volume status. Current literature is divided on its ability to do so. The primary objective was to compare IVC-US changes in healthy fasting subjects randomized to either 10 or 30 mL/kg of intravenous (IV) fluid administration versus a control group that received only 2 mL/kg.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a prospective randomized double-blinded trial set in emergency department (ED) clinical care rooms. Volunteer subjects with no history of cardiac disease or hypertension fasted for 12 hours. Subjects were randomly assigned to receive IV 0.9% saline bolus of 2 (control group), 10, or 30 mL/kg over 30 minutes. IVC-US was performed before and 15 minutes after each fluid bolus.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-two fasting subjects were enrolled. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) comparison showed that IVC-US was unable to detect any significant difference between the control group and those given either 10 or 30 mL/kg fluid, whether using maximum or minimum IVC diameter or caval index (IVC-CI). The groups receiving 10 and 30 mL/kg each had a statistically significant change in IVC-CI; however, the 30 mL/kg group had no significant change in either of the mean IVC diameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Overall, there were statistically significant differences in mean IVC-US measurements before and after fluid loading, but not between groups. Fasting asymptomatic subjects had a wide intersubject variation in both baseline IVC-US measurements and fluid-related changes. The degree of IVC-US change in association with graded acute volume loading was not predictably proportional between our subjects.
authors: Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, USA. anthony.weekes@carolinashealthcare.org
authors: Anthony J
authors: AJ
authors: Weekes
authors: Margaret R
authors: MR
authors: Lewis
authors: Zachary P
authors: ZP
authors: Kahler
authors: Donald E
authors: DE
authors: Stader
authors: Dale P
authors: DP
authors: Quirke
authors: H James
authors: HJ
authors: Norton
authors: Courtney
authors: C
authors: Almond
authors: Dawn
authors: D
authors: Middleton
authors: Vivek S
authors: VS
authors: Tayal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005215:Fasting / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride