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Fig. 1 | Perioperative Medicine

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From: Evaluation of fluid responsiveness with dynamic superior vena cava collapsibility index in mechanically ventilated patients

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Measurement of the SVC diameter, take the M-mode cursor (white arrow) perpendicular to the SVC (yellow dotted line) in mid-bicaval view. The mechanical ventilation cycle was indicated by spontaneous airway pressure wave (white dotted area). SVC, superior vena cava; RA, right atrial; IVC, inferior vena cava; SVCmin, minimum diameter of SVC; SVCmax, maximum diameter of SVC

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