Why the study?
Does noninvasive continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring with Nexfin provide accurate and precise measurements compared to invasive intra-arterial pressure in cardiothoracic surgery patients?
Population
50 cardiothoracic surgery patients, age range 34-83 years, 40 men.
Comparison
Noninvasive continuous arterial blood pressure… vs Invasive intra-arterial pressure (IAP) monitoring
Design
Cross-sectional
Follow-up
30 minutes
Authors
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Nexfin may support accurate noninvasive BP monitoring in cardiothoracic surgery; leaves open randomized validation before practice change.
Does noninvasive continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring with Nexfin provide accurate and precise measurements compared to invasive intra-arterial pressure in cardiothoracic surgery patients?
Noninvasive continuous arterial blood pressure monitoring with Nexfin provides accurate measurements comparable to invasive intra-arterial monitoring in cardiothoracic surgery patients.
Martina et al. (2012) studied this question.