Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC) Accuracy and Efficacy Compared with Flow Probe and Transcutaneous Doppler (USCOM): An Ovine Cardiac Output Validation

Table 1

Summary of comparison of methods for all paired measures and all sheep as absolute values and % values (𝑛=280).

	Mean (l/min)	Bias (l/min)	LOAs (L/min)	Bias %	Precision %	LOAs %
FP versus PAC	4.4±1.3	−0.8±1.3	−3.3𝑡𝑜1.7	−17.2	47.0	−64.2𝑡𝑜29.9
FP versus USCOM	4.0±1.2	0.0±0.8	−1.6𝑡𝑜1.6	1.0	36.4	−35.3𝑡𝑜37.4
FP versus cPAC	4.0±1.1	−0.1±1.2	−3.0𝑡𝑜1.8	−0.2	54.4	−54.7𝑡𝑜54.2