The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate that preoperative fasting does not increase the rate of lowered blood volume (defined by a variation of 15% ΔITV during a leg lift) in patients undergoing surgery.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
Echocardiography is performed for all patients
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nîmes
Nîmes, Gard, France
The presence / absence of a hypovolemia following preoperative fasting
Hypovolemia is determined by the % change in the subaortic velocity time integral during a leg lift before and after fasting: a 15% decrease is considered as a "presence".
Time frame: 1 day
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