Evidence

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

Cardiac output measurements in septic patients: Comparing the accuracy of USCOM to PiCCO

Sophia Horster, Hans-Joachim Stemmler, Nina Strecker, Florian Brettner, Andreas Hausmann, Jitske Cnossen, Klaus G. Parhofer, Thomas Nickel, and Sandra Geiger

Published: Critical Care Research and Practice Volume 2012, Article ID 270631, 5 pages doi:10.1155/2012/270631


Temporal measurement of Doppler ultrasound derived cardiac performance indicies in infants and children presenting with sepsis and septic shock

Matthew Musick, Eric Williams

Published: Crit Care Med 2011 Vol. 39, No. 12 (Suppl.)


Use of the non-invasive Doppler ultrasound cardiac output monitor (USCOM) as an adjunctive assessment tool for the pediatric critical care response team

Choong, Karen; Gilleland, Jonathan; Zorko, David; Agar, Barbara; Pullenayegum, Eleanor

Presented: Critical Care Canada Forum. Nov 2011

Published: CCCF Program. Page 28


Feasibility of cardiac output estimation by ultrasonic cardiac output monitoring in the prehospital setting

Francois-Xavier Duchateau, Tobias Gauss, Alexis Burnod, Agnes Ricard-Hibon, Philippe Juvin and Jean Mantz

Presented: Fifth congress of the European Society of Emergency Medicine

Published: European Journal of Emergency Medicine DOI: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e32834777b6


Evolution of hemodynamics in community acquired and hospital acquired pediatric septic shock

A. Deep, J. Brierley

Presented: 6th World Congress on Pediatric Critical Care

Published: Pediatric Critical Care Med 2011 Vol. 12, No.3 (Suppl) Page A31. Abstract 138


 

Evidence by Category

Clinical Applications

Drugs Management
Emergency
Heart Failure
ICU
Neonatal
Obstetrics
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