Study Finds Noninvasive Masimo PVI Accurately Predicts Fluid Responsiveness in Intensive Care Patients

Masimo MASI announced today that a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Critical Care Medicine demonstrates that noninvasive, continuous monitoring of Masimo Pleth Variability Index predicts fluid responsiveness with high sensitivity (95%) and specificity (91%) in mechanically-ventilated patients in the Intensive Care Unit. Multiple previous studies have shown that PVI predicts fluid responsiveness in surgical patients—helping clinicians improve fluid management to reduce patient risk,(2, 3, 4) but this is the first published study demonstrating its effectiveness in predicting fluid responsiveness in critically-ill ICU patients.