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. 2022 Mar 17;10:851850. doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.851850

TABLE 8.

Outcome measure for studies using bioimpedance or bioreactance technology.

Authors year Unit of measurement n Patients (measurements) Specific technology Mean* Bias **
Mean ± SD
LOA (precision) Overall PE
Bioimpedance
Grollmuss (23) ml 24 (240) Aesculon 3.7 0.28 ± 0.05 ±2.3 29
Blohm (31) ml 99 (291) Aesculon 5.2 0.7 ±2.35 44.9
Boet (32) ml 79 (451) NS NS 1.1 ±1.85 NS
Hsu (33) ml/kg/min 36 (105) Aesculon 258 −5.3 ± 37.2 ±72.9 28.2
Tibballs (22) ml/kg/min 26 (78) NCCOM3 239 0.23 ± 6.5 ±13.50 5.3
Grollmuss (27) ml/kg/min 28 (228) ICON 256.4 8.9 ± 31.9 ±62.7 24
Song (28) ml/kg/min 40 (109) NS 209.5 −18.8 ± 67.7 ±132.7 60.2
Noori (24) ml/min 20 (115) Aesculon 536 −4 ±233 43.6
Torigoe (30) ml/min 28 (81) NS 314 6 ± 46.9 ±66.5 21
Blohm (26) m# 26 (41) Aesculon NS 39% NS 46.2
Hassan (35) ml/min 38 (85) ICON 271 −126 ±178.5 66
Bioreactance
Weisz (29) ml 25 (78) Reliant 1.25 0.6 ± 0.37 (39%) ±0.75 58.0
Van Wyk (34) ml/kg/min 63 (754) Reliant 124.4 −18.5 ±87.6 71.6
Weisz (25) ml/min 10 (97) Reliant 417 −153 ± 56 ±152.5 48.3

#TTE VTI was hemodynamic parameter measured by TTE. *Mean = (TEBT + TTE)/2. **Bias = TEBT – TTE. Bold data indicates calculated data or data estimated from provided graphs. LOA, limits of agreement; NS, not specified; PDA, patent ductus arteriosus; PE, percentage error; PFO, patent foramen ovale; SD, standard deviation; TGA, transposition of great arteries.