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Accuracy of Pocket-sized Ultrasound Devices to Evaluate Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Variability in Critically Ill Patients.
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2024 April
PURPOSE: By using inferior vena cava (IVC) measurements, clinicians can detect fluid status and responsiveness and find out the etiology of hypotension, acute heart failure, and sepsis easier. Pocket-sized ultrasound devices (PSUD) may take this advantage a few steps further by their lower costs, user-friendly interface, and easily applicable structure.In this study, we aimed to determine the diagnostic value of a PSUD compared with a standard ultrasound device (SD) for the measurement of IVC diameter (IVCD) and its respiratory variability.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured the inspiratory, expiratory diameters of IVC, and calculated the inferior vena cava collapsibility index (IVCCI). We investigated 42 intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
RESULTS: There was no difference in inspiratory (PSUD: 1.34 ± 0.67 cm; SD: 1.35 ± 0.68 cm) and expiratory (PSUD: 1.98 ± 0.53 cm; SD: 2.01 ± 0.49 cm) IVCD among measurements with PSUD and SD ( p > 0.05). There was also no difference between IVCCI's measured with PSUD (39 ± 20%) and SD (39 ± 20%) ( p > 0.05). The Bland-Altman analysis revealed that the width of 95% limits of agreement were similar for both devices. There was a good inter-device agreement among PSUD and SD for measurements of IVCD, and there was no difference between IVCCI's measured using both ultrasound devices.
CONCLUSION: We support that the idea of a PSUD is as reliable as a SD for IVC measurements.
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Inci K, Gürsel G. Accuracy of Pocket-sized Ultrasound Devices to Evaluate Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Variability in Critically Ill Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(4):369-374.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: We measured the inspiratory, expiratory diameters of IVC, and calculated the inferior vena cava collapsibility index (IVCCI). We investigated 42 intensive care unit (ICU) patients.
RESULTS: There was no difference in inspiratory (PSUD: 1.34 ± 0.67 cm; SD: 1.35 ± 0.68 cm) and expiratory (PSUD: 1.98 ± 0.53 cm; SD: 2.01 ± 0.49 cm) IVCD among measurements with PSUD and SD ( p > 0.05). There was also no difference between IVCCI's measured with PSUD (39 ± 20%) and SD (39 ± 20%) ( p > 0.05). The Bland-Altman analysis revealed that the width of 95% limits of agreement were similar for both devices. There was a good inter-device agreement among PSUD and SD for measurements of IVCD, and there was no difference between IVCCI's measured using both ultrasound devices.
CONCLUSION: We support that the idea of a PSUD is as reliable as a SD for IVC measurements.
HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLE: Inci K, Gürsel G. Accuracy of Pocket-sized Ultrasound Devices to Evaluate Inferior Vena Cava Diameter and Variability in Critically Ill Patients. Indian J Crit Care Med 2024;28(4):369-374.
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