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Table 4 Performance of included studies that addressed echocardiography maneuvers, pulse contour analysis or noninvasive cardiac output monitor (NICOM®) to predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients

From: Assessment of fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients: a systematic review of literature

Author, year

Maneuver

Sens (%)

Spec (%)

PPV (%)

NPV (%)

LR+

LR−

AUC ± SD or (95% CI)

Lamia, 2007 [21]

SVi-PLR ≥ 12.5%

77

100

100

78

 

0.23

0.95 ± 0.04

Maizel, 2007 [22]

∆CO > 12%

63

89

83

73

6.00

0.40

0.89 ± 0.06

∆SV > 12%

69

89

85

76

6.00

0.40

0.90 ± 0.06

Biais, 2009 [23]

∆SV-PLRTE > 13%

100

80

91

100

5.00

 

0.96 ± 0.03

∆SV-PLRFloT > 16%

85

90

94

75

8.50

0.17

0.92 ± 0.05

Muller, 2012 [24]

cIVC = 40%

70

80

72

83

3.50

0.37

0.77 (0.60–0.88)

E wave velocity of 0.7

67

90

84

83

6.67

0.37

0.83 (0.68–0.93)

Brun, 2013 [25]

∆VTI-PLR > 12%

75

100

100

79

 

0.25

0.93 (0.83–1.00)

VTI ≤ 21 cm

67

100

100

75

 

0.33

0.82 (0.64–1.00)

Lanspa, 2013 [26]

cIVC ≥ 15%

100

67

62

100

3.00

 

0.83 (0.58–1.00)

∆SV ≥ 17%

60

100

100

82

 

0.40

0.92 (0.73–1.00)

AoVV ≥ 25%

75

67

50

85

2.25

0.37

0.67 (0.32–1.00)

Airapetian, 2015 [27]

cIVC > 42%

31

97

90

60

9.31

0.71

0.62 (0.66–0.88)

IVCmax < 2.1 cm

93

33

57

83

1.40

0.21

0.62 (0.49–0.75)

ΔCO-PLR > 10%

52

87

79

65

3.88

0.56

0.78 (0.66–0.88)

Duus, 2015 [29]

∆SV-PLR

80

61

79

65

2.09

0.31

0.74 (0.65–0.83)

Corl, 2017 [28]

cIVC of 25%

87

81

81

87

4.56

0.16

0.84 (0.77–0.90)

  1. Sens sensitivity, Spec specificity, PPV positive predictive value, NPV negative predictive value, LR + positive likelihood ratio, LR  negative likelihood ratio, AUC area under the receiver operating characteristics curve, SD standard deviation, 95% CI 95% confidence intervals, PLR passive leg raising, SVi-PLR PLR-induced change in stroke volume index, ΔCO change in cardiac output, ∆SV stroke volume variation, TE transthoracic echocardiography, FloT FloTrac™, cIVC inferior vena cava collapsibility index, VTI aortic velocity–time integral, ∆VTI-PLR VTI variations during PLR, AoVV aortic velocity variation, IVCmax inferior vena cava maximum diameter, ΔCO-PLR change in cardiac output between baseline and after PLR