Randomized Control Trial to Compare Standard Monitoring and Plethysmographic Variability Index-Guided Fluid Therapy In 64 Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patients, Aged 18 to 60 Years Old Undergoing Emergency Craniotomies

"All patients were monitored with the electrocardiogram (ECG), Non Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP), Pulse oximetry (SpO2) and invasively with an arterial line and central venous line as per institutional protocol. In the PVI group, a pulse oximetry probe was connected to the fourth finger of the hand that did not have an arterial cannulation. The pulse oximeter was connected to a monitor The Massimo ® pulse oximeter (Massimo Corp., Irvine, CA, USA), which has a module for PVI measurements.~PVI ≥13% indicates volume responsiveness, and PVI \< 13% indicates adequate volume"

All patients were monitored with the electrocardiogram (ECG), Non Invasive Blood Pressure (NIBP), Pulse oximetry (SpO2) and invasively with an arterial line and central venous line as per institutional protocol. Patients were resuscitated according to mean arterial pressure/ heart rate and urine output.