Current Evidence
Uscom maintains a reference of all current evidence supporting Uscom's products. Here is some of the latest evidence followed by a list of the current evidence by category.
Latest Evidence
A Non-Invasive Assessment of Cardiac Output in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients
M.L. Likes, J.C. Alejos
Presented: ISHLT 2010
Published: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Vol 29, No 2S, February 2010
The non-invasive Doppler ultrasound cardiac output monitor (USCOM) has good inter- and intra-observer reliability in children
Dhanani S, Ward R, Baird M, Senechal H, Sumner A, Barrowman N, Gaboury I, Murto K
Presented: SCCM 2010
Published: CCM 2009;37(12):A95
A comparison of transcutaneous Doppler corrected flow time, b-type natriuretic peptide and central venous pressure as predictors of fluid responsiveness in septic shock: a preliminary evaluation
D J Sturgess, R L S Pascoe, G Scalia, B Vankatesh
Published: Anaesth Intensive Care. 2010 Mar;38(2):336-41
Early Goal-Directed Therapy in treatment of pediatric septic shock
Claudio Flauzino de Oliveira
Published: Shock. 2010 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]
Measurement of cardiac output in normal pregnancy by a non-invasive two-dimensional independent Doppler device
Catharina C. M. Kager, Gus A. Dekker and Monique C. Stam
Published: DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.00948.x Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Evidence by Category
Clinical Applications
| Drugs Management |
| Emergency |
| Heart Failure |
| ICU |
| Paediatrics |
| Retrieval |
| Surgery and Anaesthetics |
Clinical Validation
| Validation against Artificial Heart |
| Validation against Echo |
| Validation against FICK |
| Validation against Thermodilution |
| Validation against Transoesophagel Doppler |
Laboratory Validation
| Evaluation of USCOM against Flow Probes |
| Independent Laboratory Testing |
Other
| General Validation |
| Reliability and Reproducibility |
| Sports Medicine |
| Veterinary and Animal Research |