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. 2021 May 24;9:24. doi: 10.1186/s40635-021-00386-8

Table 3.

Results of the in vitro examination of measurement agreement of IVP and ACM-IGP technique compared to a water column in a container model

Paired measurements IAP mean (mmHg) Spearman correlation coefficient (r2) WSACS method validation criteria MAPE (SD) (%)
Experimental arrangement Bias (mmHg) Precision (mmHg) LOA (mmHg) PE (%)
Target values according to [1]a ≥ 0.6b ≤ │1│ ≤ 2 − 4 to + 4 ≤ 25 c
Setting 1: gastric tube (5 Ch.) ACM-IGP vs. water column 86 8.4 0.99 0.1 0.2 − 0.3 to 0.5 5 6 (13)
Gastric tube (5 Ch.) vs. water column 86 8.0 0.99 0.8 0.3 0.2 to 1.4 8 17 (21)
ACM-IGP vs. gastric tube (5 Ch.) 86 8.0 0.99 0.7 0.4 − 0.1 to 1.5 10 13 (14)
Setting 2: gastric tube (8 Ch.) ACM-IGP vs. water column 86 8.3 0.99 0.3 0.2 − 0.1 to 0.7 5 8 (16)
Gastric tube (8 Ch.) vs. water column 86 8.4 0.99 0.1 0.4 − 0.7 to 0.9 10 9 (18)
ACM-IGP vs. gastric tube (8 Ch.) 86 8.2 0.99 − 0.2 0.4 − 1.0 to 0.6 10 9 (20)
Setting 3: transurethral catheter (6 Ch.) ACM-IGP vs. water column 86 8.5 0.99 − 0.1 0.5 − 1.1 to 1.1 12 9 (13)
Transurethral catheter (6 Ch.) vs. water column 86 8.0 0.99 0.9 0.5 − 0.1 to 1.9 13 16 (0)
ACM-IGP vs. transurethral catheter (6 Ch.) 86 8.0 0.99 0.9 0.5 − 0.1 to 1.9 13 15 (12)
Setting 4: transurethral catheter (8 Ch.) ACM-IGP vs. water column 86 8.7 0.99 − 0.6 0.2 − 1.0 to − 0.2 5 14 (22)
Transurethral catheter (8 Ch.) vs. water column 86 7.9 0.99 1.1 0.6 − 0.1 to 2.3 15 19 (20)
ACM-IGP vs. transurethral catheter (8 Ch.) 86 8.2 0.99 1.7 0.6 0.5 to 2.9 15 27 (16)
Overall ACM-IGP vs. water column 344 8.5 0.99 − 0.1 0.5 − 1.1 to 0.9 12 9 (17)
IVP (transurethral catheter + gastric tube) vs. water column 344 8.1 0.98 0.7 0.6 − 0.5 to 1.9 15 15 (20)
ACM-IGP vs. IVP (transurethral catheter + gastric tube) 344 8.1 0.97 0.8 0.8 − 0.8 to 2.4 20 16 (17)

ACM-IGP air-capsule-based measurement of intra-gastric pressure, Ch. Charriére, IAP intra-abdominal pressure, IVP intra-vesical pressure, LOA limits of agreement, MAPE mean absolute percentage error, No number, PE percentage error, SD standard deviation, WSACS Abdominal Compartment Society (formerly: World Society of Abdominal Compartment Syndrome)

aTarget value specifications according to WSACS method validation criteria (bias + precision + LOA + PE) for the interchangeability of two IAP measurement methods [1]

bSpearman’s correlation coefficient (r2; target: r2 ≥ 0.6)

cMean absolute percentage error (%; MAPE [19]) were calculated in addition to recommended WSACS criteria [1]