Comparing cardiac output monitors and defining agreement: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring cardiac output is common in critical care and perioperative medicine. Different monitoring systems are often judged against others in comparative studies. There is no agreed standard or definition on which to base the conclusions of such studies.

Objectives

To review comparative studies of cardiac output monitors using an agreement:tolerability index (ATI) as a measure of monitor precision. To compare the ATI of a monitor with the conclusions of authors regarding agreement and clinical utility.

Design

Systematic review of comparative studies of cardiac output monitoring systems. The precision of each monitor was standardised against an ATI using a tolerability interval based on the normal range for cardiac index. The conclusions of each study were

SUBMITTER: Crossingham IR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624470 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature