The Reliability of Continuous Noninvasive Finger Blood Pressure Measurement in Critically Ill Children
- 1 March 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 108 (3), 814-821
- https://doi.org/10.1213/ane.0b013e318194f401
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Continuous noninvasive arterial blood pressure can be measured in finger arteries using an inflatable finger cuff (FINAP) with a special device and has proven to be feasible and reliable in adults. We studied prototype pediatric finger cuffs and pediatric software to compare this blood pressure measurement with intraarterially measured blood pressure (IAP) in critically ill children. METHODS: We included sedated and mechanically ventilated children admitted to our pediatric intensive care unit. We performed simultaneous arterial blood pressure measurements during a relatively stable hemodynamic period and compared FINAP, IAP, and the noninvasive blood pressure oscillometric technique. We also compared IAP to a reconstruction of brachial pressure from finger pressure. RESULTS: Thirty-five children between 2 and 22 kg body weight were included. In total, 152 attempts to record a FINAP pressure were performed of which 4.6% were unsuccessful. When comparing FINAP to IAP, bias was -16.2, -7.7, and -10.2 mm Hg for systolic arterial blood pressure, diastolic arterial blood pressure, and mean arterial blood pressure. Limits of agreement (LOA) were respectively 26.1%, 30.1%, and 22.6%. When reconstruction of brachial pressure from finger pressure was compared to IAP, these results were -11.8, 0.6, and -0.9 mm Hg for bias and 21.7%, 8.9%, and 8.9% for LOA. When noninvasive blood pressure oscillometric technique was compared to IAP, the results were: -6.8, -0.9, and -3.8 mm Hg for bias and 18.2%, 38.6%, and 22.1% for LOA. CONCLUSION: Beta type continuous noninvasive arterial blood pressure monitoring using a finger cuff with brachial arterial waveform reconstruction seems reliable in hemodynamically stable critically ill childreKeywords
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