Clinical Study

A New Monitor to Measure Dermal Blood Flow in Critically Ill Patients: A Preliminary Study

Table 2

Standard deviation of the difference (SDD) between MAP and DBF and between MAP and FPW results observed during stable states.

Patient no.State 1State 2State 3State 4
DBFFPWDBFFPWDBFFPWDBFFPW

140.05Not possible
210.2324.20
38.4537.13
417.6615.126.8318.97
57.7213.912.9310.4715.918.06
622.8028.344.5318.22
717.6926.0410.8043.519.5761.126.738.75
89.1710.806.9321.30
94.756.643.938.194.756.96
105.6260.7912.8487.87
1110.8210.374.3323.24

DBF: dermal blood flow; FPW: finger plethysmographic waveform.