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Table 4 Diagnostic performance characteristics of IVC size parameters for the prediction of CVP or RAP among spontaneously ventilating patients

From: The efficacy of sonographic measurement of inferior vena cava diameter as an estimate of central venous pressure

Parameter

Study

N

Parameter cut-point

Outcome

Sensitivity

Specificity

Positive predictive value

Negative predictive value

Area under ROC curve

IVCmax

Taniguchi et al., [19]

90

≥2.0 cm

RAP ≥ 10 mmHg

b

b

b

b

0.83a

Prekker et al., [26]

65

<2.0 cm

CVP < 10 mmHg

0.85

0.81

0.87

0.78

0.91a

Patel et al., [16]

40

≥2.0 cm

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.89

0.67

b

b

0.76a

Brennan et al., [18]

46

>2.0 cm

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.73

0.85

0.62

0.90

0.76a

Moreno et al., [17]

65

>2.3 cm

RAP > 7 mmHg

0.40

0.97

0.93

0.58

b

IVCCI (passive)

Taniguchi et al., [19]

90

<25 %

RAP ≥ 10 mmHg

b

b

b

b

0.79a

Prekker et al., [26]

65

>50 %

CVP < 10 mmHg

0.47

0.77

0.75

0.50

0.66a

Patel et al., [16]

40

<40 %

RAP > 10 mmHg

b

b

b

b

0.67

Nagdev et al., [28]

73

>50 %

CVP < 8 mmHg

0.91

0.94

0.87

0.96

0.93a

Brennan et al., [18]

46

<20 %

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.73

0.82

0.57

0.90

0.93a

Moreno et al., [17]

65

<40 %

RAP > 7 mmHg

0.91

0.9

0.91

0.90

b

IVCCI (sniff)

Taniguchi et al., [19]

90

<50 %

RAP ≥ 10 mmHg

b

b

b

b

0.83a

Brennan et al., [18]

46

<40 %

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.73

0.84

0.62

0.90

0.91a

Nagueh et al., [31]

23

<50 %

RAP > 8 mmHg

0.72

0.76

b

b

b

Kircher et al., [3]

83

<50 %

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.87

1.00

1.00

0.92

b

IVCmax and IVCCI (passive)

Patel et al., [16]

40

≥2.0 cm and <40 %

RAP > 15 mmHg

0.86

0.73

b

b

b

Patel et al., [16]

40

≥2.0 cm and <40 %

RAP > 10 mmHg

0.60

0.83

b

b

b

  1. aStatistically significant at alpha = 0.05
  2. bdata not available