Figure 6.

Correlation and Bland-Altman plots of mean Ve measures for each of the ten subjects by infusion or bolus techniques. Ve measures by either technique are highly correlated without evidence for significant bias. The correlation plot includes bars representing the mean Ve ± standard error for each subject by bolus or infusion. Bland Altman analysis depicts the mean difference between the bolus or infusion technique (solid line) ± 1.96 SD (dotted lines). The 95% confidence intervals of ± 1.2% for the mean Ve difference between bolus and infusion techniques in Bland Altman analysis are comparable to the average 95% confidence intervals for repeated Ve measures by infusion alone (± 1.0%) or by bolus alone (± 1.4%).