A meta-analysis of studies using bias and precision statistics to compare cardiac output measurement techniques.

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Published in J Clin Monit Comput on February 01, 1999

Authors

L A Critchley1, J A Critchley

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong. hcritchley@cuhk.edu.hk

Associated clinical trials:

Hemodynamic Monitoring in Women Throughout Cesarean Sections | NCT02902068

NICOM in Pregnant Women With Heart Disease | NCT03616730

Hemodynamic Monitoring in Liver Transplant With VEnaRt Cardiac Output Versus Swan-Ganz Catheter (VERO Study) (VERO) | NCT04825015

A Comparison of Invasive and Non-invasive Measurement of CI and SVR in Liver Transplantation | NCT04909645

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