A
system (100) for determining a
fluid responsiveness parameter, FRP, for a patient is presented, wherein the determined
fluid responsiveness parameter is a systolic pressure variation (SPV) or a
pulse pressure variation (PPV) that comprises units (101, 102, 103) for providing a
respiratory rate, a
heart rate and a measured blood pulsation
signal indicative of a series of blood pulses of a patient. The
system further comprises a unit (104) for determining, a first processed
signal (env_up) based on the blood pulsation
signal, wherein the first processed signal is indicative of an upper envelope of the blood pulsation signal, and a second processed signal (env_down) based on the blood pulsation signal, wherein the second processed signal is indicative of a lower envelope of the blood pulsation signal, and a unit (105) for determining the FRP by a) identifying, based on the first and second processed signals, first FRP determination signals (baseline_up, baseline_down) corresponding to the first and second processed signals in a spectral range up to the
respiratory rate, and second FRP determination signals (
ripple_up,
ripple_down) corresponding to the first and second processed signals at the
respiratory rate and any of its
harmonics up to the
heart rate, and b) determining the FRP based on the first and the second FRP determination signals.