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. 2011 Feb 25;15(1):R73. doi: 10.1186/cc10062

Table 3.

Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve (95% confidence intervals) for prediction of fluid responsiveness (increase in cardiac index ≥10% (A) or ≥15% (B)) by baseline values, according to global ejection fraction

GEF <20% (n = 12) GEF ≥20% (n = 20)
AUC P-value Cutoff AUC P-value Cutoff
A
GEDVI 0.56 (0.39 to 0.73) 0.511 902 0.72 (0.58 to 0.83) 0.002 890
CVP 0.76 (0.59 to 0.88) 0.001 6 0.73 (0.60 to 0.84) <0.001 2
PAOP 0.79 (0.57 to 0.93) 0.004 10 0.65 (0.46 to 0.81) 0.129 9
B
GEDVI 0.62 (0.44 to 0.77) 0.33 1279 0.89 (0.78 to 0.95) <0.001 623
CVP 0.77 (0.60 to 0.89) 0.002 5 0.73 (0.60 to 0.84) 0.013 4
PAOP 0.84 (0.63 to 0.96) <0.001 9 0.50 (0.32 to 0.69)* 0.98* 9

CVP, central venous pressure, mm Hg; GEDVI, global end diastolic volume index, mL/m2; GEF, global ejection fraction; PAOP, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, mm Hg.

*P = 0.008 vs. AUC GEDVI; for A and low GEF: PAOP sensitivity 92%, specificity 60%, positive predictive value 75%, negative predictive value 86%; for normal GEF: GEDVI sensitivity 82%, specificity 56%, positive predictive value 42%, negative predictive value 89%; for B and low GEF: PAOP sensitivity 86%, specificity 69%, positive predictive value 55%, negative predictive value 92%; for normal GEF: GEDVI sensitivity 71%, specificity 94%, positive predictive value 63%, negative predictive value 93%.